artificial selection
What artificial selection means in Biology GCSE, as defined for AQA, OCR.
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Another name for selective breeding, in which humans deliberately choose individuals with desirable traits to breed together.
Another name for selective breeding, because humans choose which organisms reproduce.
Topics that use artificial selection
- Selective breeding (AQA GCSE)
- Feeding the human race (OCR GCSE)
Related terms
- selective breeding
- Aesthetic and behavioural traits
- agricultural biotechnology
- agricultural economics
- Agricultural usefulness
- antibiotic resistance markers
- biofortification and ethics
- crop yield optimisation
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