NEET BIOLOGY

GENETICS AND EVOLUTION

EVOLUTION

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]

A farmer has bred his pineapple plants from the sweetest pineapples from his last harvest to get even sweeter pineapple plants. What is this an example of?

A	Selective breeding
B	Natural selection
C	Extinction
D	Mutagenesis

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Selective breeding is when humans choose which animals or plants breed together. There are many reasons for this, ranging from useful to attractive. Since the beginnings of agriculture, farmers have had an awareness of the ways breeding certain individuals will bring about desirable offspring.

Detailed explanation-3: -Description. Selective breeding is when humans choose what animals should breed and when. Natural breeding is when nature chooses what animals breed.

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