Question

A dairy farmer artificially selects and breeds cows that have extremely large udders, produce high quantities of a hormone called prolactin, and produce low amounts of another hormone called testosterone. If these domesticated animals were released into the wild, describe how these traits that were favored by artificial selection, are likely to affect the cows survival

Answer 1

Answer:

Artificial selection is defined as the process of producing crops and animals with desirable traits through gene manipulation.

The traits of the artificially selected cow will not be able to survive in the wild for long because they produce low amounts of testosterone hormone. Testosterone is responsible for sexual development and stimulates sperm production.

Thus, the population of domesticated animals will decrease in comparison to the wild.