Which of the following terms best describes the following:A process breeders use to produce a new breed of organisms that has certain desired traits and then allows only those individuals to mate.

BIOTECHNOLOGY

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Which of the following terms best describes the following:“A process breeders use to produce a new breed of organisms that has certain desired traits and then allows only those individuals to mate.”

A	artificial selection
B	natural selection
C	stem cells
D	biotechnology

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -Artificial selection has long been used in agriculture to produce animals and crops with desirable traits.

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 (also called artificial selection) is the process by which humans use animal breeding and plant breeding to selectively develop particular phenotypic traits (characteristics) by choosing which typically animal or plant males and females will sexually reproduce and have offspring together.

Detailed explanation-4: -Selective breeding (also known as artificial selection) is a technique still extensively used by crop and livestock producers today. Selective breeding allows producers to select and breed parent organisms with desired traits to produce offspring with more desirable characteristics.

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LIFE SCIENCE

OBJECTIVE LIFE SCIENCE

BIOTECHNOLOGY