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Give two reasons why people use selective breeding to change the characteristics of plants?
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∙ 12y ago
to help produce crops and make new breeds of amimals
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How are genetic engineering and selective breeding the same?
Selective breeding is a category that has genetic engineering in it. while selective breeding is choosing a trait or feature to breed on, genetic engineering is a man made change in a subjects genes
Is selective breeding used in nature to provide change over time?
evolution
Is selective breeding used to improve the phenotype of plants?
Yes. Selective breeding is also used to improve or otherwise change breeds of dogs, cats, horses, cows, and so forth.
Why do people use selective breeding to change characteristics of plants?
Selective breeding is done to increase the likely hood of certain traits desirable by the breeder. If a dog breeder liked the shape of a dog's ears, she would mate that dog with another dog with similar shaped ears. Incestuous mating occurs quite frequently in animal breeding due to the increased genetic similarity. All dogs belong to the same species, and therefor can produce viable offspring. The reason a Chihuahua and a German Shepard are so different is because of the ancient practice of selective animal breeding.
What is the model in of evolution in which periods of rapid change occur is called?
Selective breeding is used for more rapid evolution or artificial breeding.
When human change the physical characteristics of organism's what type of selection is it?
Breeding.
Why is selective breeding by humans of plants and animals evidence of evolution?
* Because it shows that species can change over time
The benefits of selective breeding include?
Selective breeding produces exactly what the person doing the selective breeding needs or wants. Today many Farming industries selectively breed their produce to have certain traits that seem more appealing to the customer buying their vegetables or fruit such as size and color(in respect to what the fruit is naturally like, in other words your not going to create purple apples)
What is the process for genetically changing goats?
You can't change them into something they're not. If you want to change an individual's offspring characteristicstha's called selective breeding. Genotypical and/or phenotypical.
What ways did farming change during the Industrial Revolution?
Tull's Seed Drill. Also selective breeding of sheep for better wool and meat.
What process often begins by a portion of a population becoming physically or geographically isolated speciation or selective breeding or genetic change or resistiance?
Speciation
How has selective breeding been used on humans beings?
it is useful to humans because if they are looking into raising a foal, to grow up to be a great race horse they would want the parents to be healthy and quite fit. Also if they wanted to raise it to be a jumping horse, they would have to mate a healthy and muscular mare with a healthy and muscular stud. Hope that helps with your question? x
