OBJECTIVE LIFE SCIENCE
BIOTECHNOLOGY
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Question
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Which of the following biotechnologies is defined as the intentional reproduction of individuals in a population that have a particular, desirable trait?
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Evolution
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Genetic engineering
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Artificial selection
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Cloning
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Reproductive cloning is defined as the deliberate production of genetically identical individuals.
Detailed explanation-2: -Selective breeding involves choosing parents with particular characteristics to breed together and produce offspring with more desirable characteristics. Humans have selectively bred plants and animals for thousands of years including: crop plants with better yields.
Detailed explanation-3: -Selective breeding entails the breeding of organisms with desirable characteristics. Thousands of years before Darwin proposed evolution by natural selection and Mendel discovered the principles of inheritance, humans were practicing selective breeding of both plants and animals.
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