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They are the selective agent in natural selection ;)

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The 'agent' doing the selecting in natural selection is the way organisms interact with one another and with their environment.

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What is an antonym for selective breeding?

natural selection


Who is selective agent in artificial selection?

The environment in either the pattern or design sense.


How gentic traits inheritance differ in natural selection vs selective breeding?

Natural Selection is different from Selective Breeding beacuse the environment controls the traits the animal or plant gets. Selective Breeding is the traits desired are the ones bred


Example of artificial selection?

Think GMO crops. Not natural selection, we selected them artificially


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.


How was the domestication of animals and plants was appiled to the theory of natural selstion?

These plants and animals were subjected to artificial selection so that the traits humans wanted in the organisms were selected for and the organisms not having these traits were culled. This, with some modification, is a good analogue for natural selection and artificial selection shows how organisms can be shaped over time with the proper selective pressures. The selective pressure of humans in artificial selection and the selective pressure of the environment in natural selection.


How can organisms be produced with desired trait?

Through selective breeding or by natural selection.


Why are dogs an example of selective breeding?

is dog breeding an example of natural selection


How do natural selection cloning and selective breeding lead to evolutionary change?

The only thing that causes evolution is Mutations due to forced natural selection of desired alleles.


Will natural selection act on tongue rolling in a human population?

No because theres no selective advantage


What is one sentence using the same term selective breeding and natural selection?

Lauren was here!


What is the name of the process of allowing only those organisms with desired character is to produce the next generation called?

when imposed by humans - artificial selection or selective breedingwhen imposed by the environment - natural selection