Selective Breeding Flashcards
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selective breeding
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aka artificial selection
2
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humans
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actively choose the traits that they want to see passed onto future gens
3
Q
we’ve done it with
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plants, production animals, and food animals for a very long time
4
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wolves
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started hanging around and scavenging from humans
5
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the ones that were aggressive
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were killed
6
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the ones that werent agressive
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were more welcome into the tribe (around 14,000-17000 years ago)
7
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continued to
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breed traits we wanted
8
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most breeds
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were developed over the last few centuries
9
Q
selective breeding isnt
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always a good thing
10
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can
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increase the frequency of genetic disorders
could lead to unforseen dangers or problems
11
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we have changed the body structure of certain animals which can cause
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physical ailments
