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One example of selective breeding?
Most of the domesticated plants and animals you are familiar with have been produced through selective breeding. Dogs, cats, cows, goats, corn, grass, tomatoes, etc .
When man chooses what two horses are to mate for speed this is called?
Selective breeding/ pure breeding
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 must selective breeding be used in horses?
Selective breeding is very popular among people who have horse breeding farms. Selective breeding is used to get certain traits for the future foal. For example, if somebody had a stallion (male horse) that has won many races, a person with a mare (female horse) would want to breed to that stallion in hopes of producing a foal that would be good at running races. In the wild, horses are not domesticated, therefore breed with any horse they please from age 1 and up. Wild horses are smart, though, and know what horses are related to them so they will not inbreed.
Are tarpan horses extinct or endangered?
Wild tarpan horses are extinct.Attempts have been made to re-create them by selective breeding of other horse types, with limited success.
What isn't an example of selective breeding?
Selective breeding is when people (scientists) breed plants/animals for their traits. Its like strong horses being bred together or like white and red flowers to make pinks flowers. They can predict what the organism will turn out to look like. An example that ISN'T selective breeding is random flowers/animals that breed not caused by humans.
How did human create draft horses?
Humans do genetic manipulation technique on animals and plants called selective breeding. Draft horses were created through mostly selective breeding. People needed large strong horses to pull heavy weights and work the land. To create a draft horse people would have found the largest and strangest specimens they could find and breed them together hoping for a foal that combined the best of each parents genetics. This type of breeding continued until the people had a fixed type. Once that happened they began creating separate and unique breeds of draft horses.
When farmers select the largest hogs the fastest horses or the cows that produce the most milk for breeding is called?
This is called selective breeding or artificial selection, opposed to natural selection.
Without genetic engineering horses would have been domesticated?
Horses were domesticated long before the concept of genetic engineering was even selective breeding.
Why was the American horse so large?
As a result of better quality food, improved vet care and selective breeding, today's horses are much larger than horses of a century ago.
In what ways has selective breeding been useful to humans today and in the past?
Selective breeding has allowed humans to develop crops and livestock with desirable traits such as higher yield, disease resistance, and improved taste. In the past, it helped early humans domesticate animals for agriculture. Today, selective breeding continues to be crucial in ensuring food security and supporting the agricultural economy.
What is the definition of selective breeding?
Selective breeding is when you mate specific plants or animals to pass on a certain genetic trait they may have. For example, if you have two horses with very strong hearts then you may want to breed them so that their offspring may also have a strong heart. Farmers use selective breeding to breed the best plants and animals for feeding, selling or breeding.
