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Artificial selection.
Artificial selection is the selection, by humans, of which individual plants or animals to breed from. In this way desirable characteristics, such as increased yield or disease resistance, can be preserved or improved.
Charles Darwin used artificial seletion as a model for how evolution could take place in nature, where competiton between individuals replaced the selective action of humans. He called the natural process 'natural selection'.
See http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evosite/evo101/IIIE4Evochange.shtmlfor an excellent account.
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∙ 12y agoThis type of selection is called artificial selection.Man steps into the role of the environment, speaking loosely, and directs the evolution, change in allele frequency, of the organisms that he wishes to cultivate favorable traits in. Favorable to man, that is.
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∙ 13y agoArtificial selection. The directed selection of our crops and domestic animals.
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∙ 13y agoThe opposite of natural selection.
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Which genotype illustrates codominance of alleles that control blood type in humans?
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Is artificial selection an agent of evolutionary change?
NO. Both artificial and natural selection are forms of Evolution in general. Both cause variation by selection within a particular population. The only difference is who is doing the selection, humans or nature.
What is the type of natural selection that favors intermediate phenotypes?
When natural selection favors the intermediate version of a characteristic, it is referred to as stabilizing selection. It is the opposite of disruptive selection.
Which type of natural selection in which the mean characteristics of a population are preserved?
This type of natural selection is called stabilizing selection because the mean traits of the population are being selected for against the immediate environment.
What is the type of selection in which individuals at one end of the distribution curve higher fitness than individuals in the middle of at the other end?
stabilizing selection
Which type of selection in which humans select the variations?
This type of selection is called artificial selection.
What is the type of selection used by animal breeders?
Artificial Selection , as the breeding is carried out artificially by humans .
Do they make replacement radio control transmitters?
Radioshack will have a large selection of radio control transmitters. Online stores have a greater selection for the type of radio control transmitters for the selected radio transmitters your using.
Material selection is an example of what type of control option?
Selection of materials are a good example of product design and quality control. By selecting materials that are considered appropriate, the evaluation phase is easier.
How many alles control blood type in humans?
3
How many alleles control blood type in humans?
2
How do humans affect artificial selection?
Humans directly affect artificial selection. They do this by selecting the specific traits that they prefer which they cannot don in a natural selection.
What is happening when humans control the breeding of living things to favor certain desired features?
Yes, breeding organisms for desired characteristics is called artificial selection. It can also be called selective breeding.
Selection for desired traits that is done by humans is called?
artificial selection
When a certain type of plant when a certain type of changed by humans to become accustomed to human control this is known as?
domestication
Which genotype illustrates codominance of alleles that control blood type in humans?
IAIB (4)
What is affected by Natural selection?
Humans
