HORTICULTURE

HORTICULTURE SCIENCE

GENERAL AGRICULTURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The purpose of selective breeding is to
A
Get bigger animals
B
get smaller animals
C
create animals with desirable traits
D
create animals with bad traits
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Selective breeding aims to adapt an organism’s characteristics in a way that is desirable to the humans that breed them.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -Inbreeding breeding of organism that genetically similar to maintain desired traits. Dogs breeds are kept pure this way.

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