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Dictionary » S » Selective breeding Selective breedingDefinition noun The intentional breeding of organisms with desirable trait in an attempt to produce offspring with similar desirable characteristics or with improved traits.
It involves breeding techniques such as inbreeding, linebreeding and outcrossing. ![]()
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Results from our forumRe: The Colin Leslie Dean species paradox... - but remove that stable state, introduce genetic variation, change selective pressures and the lines between species will likely become blurred. ... and the species was clearly defineable. Introduce domestication and breeding by humans, and now we have many lineages of Canis whose specific ...
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Speciation among primates and hominids... still stands, currently the fastest way to make new species would be selective breeding until we get better in genetic engineering and simply start producing new species.
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Speciation among primates and hominids... dogs and domestic animals, for example, one can clearly see that by breeding one can increase the speed of speciation manyfold. It has taken ... the quickest way to make new species out of primates would probably be selective breeding (at the moment, genetic engineering is likely to speeden ...
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Re: isnt human reproduction closer to selective breeding than natural selection ? good looking people mate with other good looking people . ugly people ...
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Future Human Evolutionisnt human reproduction closer to selective breeding than natural selection ? good looking people mate with other good looking people . ugly people ...
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