Artificial selection — Science definition
Selection in which a person rather than the environment decides which individuals reproduce; the mechanism downstream is identical to natural selection.
Where it is taught
- Selective Breeding & Genetic Diversity — Evolution, Evidence & Life History, Life Science & Scientific Inquiry, Grade 7
In use
Artificial selection, or selective breeding, is the same mechanism as natural selection with a different source of the differential reproduction.
Selective Breeding & Genetic Diversity