selective breeding

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  • what is selective breeding
    when humans artificially select oganisms they are going to breed to have desired characteristics in populations as an outcome
  • what are the drawbacks of selective breeding
    -reduces the gene pool, reduces alleles (recessive alleles more likely to be passed on)
    -inbreeding, breeding animals too closely related causes health problems
    -if new disease appears, not much variation will wipe out population quickly