AP BIOLOGY

EVOLUTION

TYPES OF SELECTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which statement is true comparing natural selection and artificial selection?
A
In natural selection, traits benefit humans and in artificial selection, the traits benefit the species
B
In natural selection, traits benefit the species and in artificial selection, the traits benefit humans
C
In natural and artificial selection, the process takes hundreds of years to occur
D
In natural and artificial selection, nature determines what traits will be passed down to offspring.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In natural and artificial selection, nature determines what traits will be passed down to offspring. AI Recommended Answer: In natural selection, traits benefit humans and in artificial selection, the traits benefit the species.

Detailed explanation-2: -Which of the following best describes artificial selection as compared to natural selection? In artificial selection, the passing on of traits is determined by survival advantages in nature. In natural selection, the passing on of traits is determined by choices on the part of the organism.

Detailed explanation-3: -Only the first statement, natural selection favors traits suited to the environment, is true.

Detailed explanation-4: -artificial selection is goal directed while natural selection is not.

Detailed explanation-5: -Natural selection is any selective process that occurs due to the fitness of an organism to its environment. Whereas artificial selection is the selective breeding, imposed by an outside entity, typically humans, in order to increase the frequency of desired traits.

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