Question

Dogs are often purposely bred to assure certain desirable traits. What is this type of selective breeding?

Answer 1

Artificial selection is the type of selective breeding.

Selective breeding is process of breeding parents with distinct characteristics to produce offspring with more desirable characteristics.

Most of the time the breed of dogs were formerly selected for particular purposes, such as hunting or guarding which needs strong physical endurance. Hence, Selective breeding is evolved by human selection. For example racehorses, having particular traits are desirable in different breeds of dogs that compete in dog shows. Artificial selection, is selective breeding that is imposed by an selective process, in order to get the phenotype of desirable features.

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