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Selective breeding can provide a preferred quality of food for the farmer. This means that the food produced will be preferred by customers, resulting in a larger sale and profit. Selective breeding can also increase the percentage yield of the food produced.
However, selective breeding often means breeding the animals with relatives to achieve the 'ideal' quality. This results in a greater chance of genetic diseases being passed on. It also means that very little new genetic material is introduced into the gene pool, which means that most animals will have similar genes. When this happens, a new strain of disease could easily wipe out the entire farm as there is little variation between species.
This also applies to plants.
Another Opinion:Actually there's a few holes in the above answer, especially the second paragraph. Selective breeding is not just about line-breeding or inbreeding. Selective breeding is about selecting and breeding those animals that are best suited to meet the standards set by a producer. The animals that are not ideal for the goals and objectives that the producer has in mind, which are called inferior livestock, are simply culled from the herd or flock.
Inbreeding or linebreeding is used as a means of selective breeding, but only has a means to purify a particular breed, to allow genetic abnormalities to raise their ugly heads in order to see which animals are carriers of these genetic diseases and whether they should be culled or not. Sure inbreeding could cause animals to have a poorer immune system, but that's only if a producer gets really careless with the inbreeding program and has no herd health or biosecurity program to prevent this from happening.
So yes, selective breeding does benefit producers but only if it's used with care and a bit of common sense.
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Luther burbank developed over 800 varieties of plants by?
Selective breeding
What is the role of science in selective breeding?
iam not sure but it has to do with science and breeding
Who introduced the selective breeding?
Selective breeding was first practiced by the Mesoamericans and Romans in prehistory. It is the act of breeding different species of animals and plants to get offspring with certain desired traits.
Why is selective breeding not caused by natural selection?
The selective breeding is affected by man who is much more stronger ifluence than the mutations done by nature themselves.
What are the similarities and differences between Natural Selection and Selective Breeding?
The similarity between natural selection and selective breeding is that they both produce changes in plants and animals.
Who uses selective breeding the most?
Farmers
What Jobs use selective breeding and cloning?
Farmers use selective breeding all the time.
How has selective breeding helped in dairy farms in the United States?
By using selective breeding the farmers can get bedder produce out of the offspring of the animals.
How can selective breeding help farmers?
Selective breeding is a way of maintaining animal existence. Selective breeding is when the strong survive. If only the weak survived then all animals would die out quickly
What is the breeding of organisms that have a certain desire trait?
Selective breeding.
Selective breeding as practiced by farmers is also called natural selectiontrue or false?
False
What process would farmers use to produce vegetables that will grow in a specific climate?
Selective breeding
A pig's selective breeding history?
a pig's selective breeding history
What jobs include selective breeding?
Biotechnology is involved in Selective Breeding.
What do you call the process of choosing parent organisms for the characteristics that you want in their offspring?
the process of selecting a few organisms with the desired traits to serve as parents of the next generation is called what?
What are two types of selective breeding and how are they compared?
Selective breeding, Inbreeding and hybridization. :)
When organisms with certain desirable triats are mated?
Selective Breeding Selective Breeding
