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The act of procreating animals. It also refers to certain types of things such as a breed of dog or cat.

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How is selection breeding different than natural selection?

Selective breeding is the process whereby one controls the breeding patterns of biological entities to yield specific traits. This can also mean forcing breeding to boost recessive traits in a population.Natural selection, on the other hand, results only in populations that express traits that allow for survival and further reproduction within a given environment (selection pressure).


What does it mean for a p plant to be true breeding?

A true breeding plant is one that consistently produces offspring with the same traits when self-pollinated or crossed with another true breeding plant of the same variety. This occurs because true breeding plants are homozygous for specific traits, meaning they have identical alleles for those traits. As a result, all offspring will inherit the same characteristics, ensuring uniformity in the traits expressed. True breeding is often utilized in genetics and agriculture to maintain desired traits in plant populations.


What does hybrid mean in scientific words?

A 'hybrid' pertaining to biology, is an animal or organism that is the result of the crossing-breeding of two different species or varieties.


What is the role of science in selective breeding?

iam not sure but it has to do with science and breeding


What does it mean to breed characteristics or traits?

Breeding characteristics or traits involves carefully selecting parent organisms with specific desirable traits to produce offspring that inherit those traits. This process is common in agriculture and animal breeding to improve various qualities such as size, color, or disease resistance in the offspring.