GENETICS AND EVOLUTION
INHERITANCE AND VARIATION
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Question
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You can choose your own mate
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Plants and animals can choose their own mates
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It can create optimum plants and animals
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It doesn’t create new plants and animals
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Detailed explanation-1: -crop plants with better yields. ornamental plants with particular flower shapes and colours. farm animals that produce more, better quality meat or wool. dogs with particular physiques and temperaments, suited to do jobs like herd sheep or collect pheasants.
Detailed explanation-2: -Selective breeding can produce plants that have a better resistance to pests or disease. Crops can be selectively bred to bring a yield to harvest in a faster time. Animals can be selectively bred to take less development time before they enter the human food chain.
Detailed explanation-3: -Pros and Cons in Selective Breeding. Selective breeding is an agricultural practice used to hereditarily fortify advantageous traits on plants and animals. Disadvantages include a reduction in genetic diversity and discomfort for animals that have very exaggerated characteristics.