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    next generation‚ selective breeding was introduced. Selective breeding is the process by which organisms (plants‚ animals) with a desired trait are chosen and breed to produce offspring with the desired trait due to human intervention. Selective breeding is popular in areas of agriculture as it produces results much faster than natural selection. The breeder will attempt to isolate and propagate the genotype of the desired trait. [1] Selective breeding can be seen as a way of breeding out unwanted alleles

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    Selective Breeding essay Eugene Ng F3G6 Selective Breeding (also called artificial selection) is the process by which humans breed other animals and plants for particular traits. Typically‚ strains that are selectively bred are domesticated‚ and the breeding is normally done by a professional breeder. Bred animals are known as breeds‚ while bred plants are known as varieties‚ cultigens‚ or cultivars. The cross of animals results in what is called a crossbreed‚ and crossbred plants are called

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    Selective breeding (also called artificial selection) is the process by which humans breed other animals and plants for particular traits. Typically‚ strains that are selectively bred are domesticated‚ and the breeding is normally done by a professional breeder. Bred animals are known as breeds‚ while bred plants are known as varieties‚ cultigens‚ or cultivars. The cross of animals results in what is called a crossbreed‚ and crossbred plants are called hybrids. In animal breeding techniques such

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    selective breeding -allow only organisms with desired traits to mate 1.Hybridization: cross 2 genetically different individuals to bring together the best traits of both organisms inbreeding: the continued breeding individuals with similar characteristics B.DNA Technology DNA finger printing (gel electrophoresis) analysis of DNA sections that vary between individuals procedure i.restriction enzymes cut DNA into fragments at specific base pair sequences electrical current moves through

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    The Ethics behind selective breeding Selective breeding‚ or artificial selection‚ is a process whereby evolution is overridden so that only organisms with required traits are selected by humans to reproduce over many generations; often resulting in highly productive crops or farm animals‚ or desirable pet breeds (see figure 1). As evolution‚ or natural selection‚ most commonly only allows the fittest‚ strongest and healthiest to survive‚ by-passing this progression can risk adverse organism development

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    bring in order to keep having the necessary stuff for our survival make the humans improve their techniques. Now‚ with the advances of science‚ we have some sophisticated ways to make easier get the most wanted kinds of livestock and plants. Selective breeding and transgenesis are examples of popular (and successful) processes involving genetic manipulation in the current context. Transgenic cows Nowadays‚ with the many abilities of the science‚ techniques are improving livestock. One of them

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    Selective breeding in dogs. Also known as artificial selection‚ is the process by which humans use animal breeding and plant breeding to develop particular traits on the animals such as how they look or to produce certain exaggerated traits. There are many different types of traits that make reason for selective breeding‚ mainly physical‚ and only some for good emotional and disease blocking purposes. In a lot of ways‚ this is similar to inbreeding in humans. Selective Breeding a bad thing because

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    problem is that animals GM to make our human life easier‚ are unable to retreat to their normal habitat‚ examples of this is: chickens that are afraid of light‚ sheep’s and goats with shrunk legs. Selective breeding: Positive aspects With selective breeding‚ the whole story changes. Selective breeding has one big difference from genetic engineering‚ and this is‚ there is no need to change any genes therefore even though GE and SB go to the same way “creating the most suitable organism in different

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    Selective dog breeding is the the process of selectively breeding dogs with others even if the dog is in the same family as the others it called pure-breeding. This a very controversial thing. To people who don’t know much about it they thing purebred are a vision of healthiness but ‚ it is the opposite. They are in extremely bad health and “mutts” as they are called are are healthy. I think Selectively breeding dog is a bad thing. I also think it shouldn’t be a done period. Selective dog breeding

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    the process of selective breeding of closely related species (plant or animal) to achieve a more desirable trait in their offspring. Many different species have been altered through selective breeding. Selective breeding is a very common practice in the livestock breeding and has impacted the livestock industry

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