artificial selection

artificial selection
noun
: the process of modifying organisms by selection in breeding controlled by man

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a process in the breeding of animals and in the cultivation of plants by which the breeder chooses to perpetuate only those forms having certain desirable inheritable characteristics.

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artificial selection see ↑select
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Main Entry:artificial

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artificial selection,
man's agency in modifying the pressures, and so changing the results, of natural selection, such as in breeding horses for speed, or cattle for beef or milk.

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