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artificial selection

Process by which humans use animal and plant breeding to selectively develop particular phenotypic traits

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Also known as selective breeding · artificially selected · selectively bred

Subclass of: biological selection
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Selective breeding 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. Domesticated animals are known as breeds, normally bred by a professional breeder, while domesticated plants are known as varieties, cultigens, cultivars, or breeds. Two purebred animals of different breeds produce a crossbreed, and crossbred plants are called hybrids. Flowers, vegetables and fruit-trees may be bred by amateurs and commercial or non-commercial professionals: major crops are usually the provenance of the professionals.

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Said to be the same as: selective breeding
Livestock Rearing
Different from: biological selection
selection
Opposite of: natural selection criterion used: artificial–natural dichotomy

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