Artificial selection by humans
What Artificial selection by humans means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Humans choose which organisms reproduce, rather than leaving reproduction to natural selection.
Humans choose which organisms reproduce, rather than allowing random mating.
Topics that use Artificial selection by humans
- Selective breeding (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- artificial selection
- change in allele frequency over generations
- Desired characteristic
- Inbreeding
- Inheritance of harmful recessive alleles
- Production of true-breeding populations
- Reduced genetic variation
- Repeated breeding over generations
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