NEET BIOLOGY

BIOTECHNOLOGY

BIOTECHNOLOGY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Someone has a wild cat breed with a house cat in order to have a cat that looks wild but is more gentle. This is ____
A
Genetic Modification
B
Gene Therapy
C
Animal Husbandry
D
Selective breeding
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Dog breeding is another prime example of artificial selection. Although all dogs are descendants of the wolf, the use of artificial selection has allowed humans to drastically alter the appearance of dogs.

Detailed explanation-2: -Two tomato plants are cross pollinated to produce tomato plants that produce more tomatoes. The intentional reproduction of individuals in a population that have desirable traits. Breeders select two parents that have beneficial phenotypic traits to reproduce, yielding offspring with those desired traits.

Detailed explanation-3: -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.

Detailed explanation-4: -Farmers and breeders allowed only the plants and animals with desirable characteristics to reproduce, causing the evolution of farm stock. This process is called artificial selection because people (instead of nature) select which organisms get to reproduce.

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