Selective Breeding is Mating the Best Organisms to Get Good Offspring

Question 1

Why are organisms selectively bred?

Answer 1

To develop the best features

Question 2

What are best features things like?

Answer 2

• Maximum yield of meat, milk, grain e.t.c
• Good health and disease resistance
• In animals, other qualities like temperament, speed, fertility, good mothering e.t.c
• In plants, other qualities like attractive flowers, nice smell e.t.c

Question 3

What happens first in selective breeding?

Answer 3

From your existing stock select the ones with the best characteristics

Question 4

What happens second in selective breeding?

Answer 4

Breed them with each other

Question 5

What happens third in selective breeding?

Answer 5

Select the best of the offspring, and breed them together

Question 6

What happens fourth in selective breeding?

Answer 6

Continue this process over several generations, and the desirable traits get stronger and stronger, or better yields in farming