Biology GCSE
Repeated artificial selection
What Repeated artificial selection means in Biology GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Repeated artificial selection
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A repeated cycle carried out over many generations in which individuals showing the desired characteristic are selected and bred together.
Topics that use Repeated artificial selection
- Selective breeding (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Aesthetic and behavioural traits
- Agricultural usefulness
- artificial selection
- Genetic variation within populations
- Human selection over many generations
- Human-directed selection
- Inbreeding
- Selection of parents by humans
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