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The method used by farmers for centuries has been selective breeding. Animals with desirable characteristics are allowed or encouraged to "cross-breed" with other desirable specimens. Only plants with the most desirable traits were kept and allowed to reproduce. In the last century hybridization was added to the breeders' arsenal.

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