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: -Selective breeding is also known as artificial selection. Artificial selection is driven by human intervention.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.

Detailed explanation-5: -Artificial selection or selective breeding describes the human selection of breeding pairs to produce favorable offspring. This applies to all organisms – from virus to four-footer, and from pet to food source. Artificial selection aims to increase the productive or esthetic value of an organism to our advantage.