AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Artificial selection is the identification by humans of desirable traits in plants and animals, and the steps taken to enhance and perpetuate those traits in future generations.

Detailed explanation-2: -Artificial selection is an evolutionary process in which humans consciously select for or against particular features in organisms – for example, by choosing which individuals to save seeds from or breed from one generation to the next. People have been artificially selecting plants and animals for thousands of years.

Detailed explanation-3: -Artificial selection, also called “selective breeding”, is where humans select for desirable traits in agricultural products or animals, rather than leaving the species to evolve and change gradually without human interference, like in natural selection.

Detailed explanation-4: -Methods of selection discussed include (1) individual selection (also called mass selection), (2) family selection, (3) sib selection, (4) progeny testing, (5) within-family selection, (6) pedigree selection, and (7) combined selection.

Detailed explanation-5: -Artificial selection has been practiced for thousands of years by humans to make improvements in plant species. Mass selection is one of the earliest methods of artificial selection that enabled domestication of crop plants.