taking the best plants or animals and breeding them together to get the best possible offspring
what does selective breeding involve?
Selective breeding involves choosing parents with the desired characteristic from a mixed population. They are bred together. From the offspring those with the desired characteristic are bred together. This continues over many generations until all the offspring show the desired characteristic.
useful or attractive features that are commonly bound from selective breeding:
animals that produce more meat or milk
crops with disease resistance
decorative plants with big or unusual flowers
dogs with a good temperant
what can selective breeding lead to?
inbreeding
what is inbreeding?
Inbreeding is the mating of individuals who are closely related to each other, such as siblings or parents and offspring.
what can inbreeding cause?
health problems because there is more chance of the organisms inheriting harmful genetic defects when the gene pool is limited
