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Artificial Selection
Genevieve McNeil
Artificial Selection It seems as though artificial selection is not an important topic in many people’s opinions nowadays. When people talk about science it is usually a hot button issue such as evolution or natural selection. However, through further thought, artificial selection can have a large impact if used and is important in the science world. Artificial selection is a process if breeding when “humans, not nature, choose the characteristics that we want to develop ion plants or animals” (1). Another definition for artificial selection from online is “a form of selection in which humans actively choose which traits should be passed onto offspring” (2). . These definitions explain perfectly that humans get to choose
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