Key Stage 4
Meaning
Selective Breeding is a process in which individuals of a species are chosen by humans for reproduction to pass on certain characteristics to their offspring.
About Selective Breeding
- Selective Breeding is what has led to the features of all cultivated plants and many domesticated animals.
- Selective Breeding causes evolution of a population.
- Selective Breeding works by taking individuals in a species with desirable characteristics and breeding them with one another. It may also involve killing individuals with undesirable characteristics in order to prevent them from reproducing.