GENETICS AND EVOLUTION
EVOLUTION
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Question
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The process of man choosing organisms with the most desirable traits and mating them is known as
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Cloning
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Natural selection
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Selective breeding
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Selective breeding is also known as artificial selection. Artificial selection is driven by human intervention.
Detailed explanation-3: -Eugenics is essentially selective breeding applied to humans.
Detailed explanation-4: -Main steps involved Decide which characteristics are important enough to select. Choose parents that show these characteristics from a mixed population. Breed these parents. Choose the best offspring, with the desired characteristics, to produce the next generation.
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