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it is useful to humans because if they are looking into raising a foal, to grow up to be a great race horse they would want the parents to be healthy and quite fit. Also if they wanted to raise it to be a jumping horse, they would have to mate a healthy and muscular mare with a healthy and muscular stud. Hope that helps with your question? x
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 14y agoSelective breeding is the process of breeding plants and animals for particular genetic traits. Typically, strains which are selectively bred are domesticated, and the breeding is sometimes done by a professional breeder. Bred animals are known as breeds, while bred plants are known as varieties, cultigens, or cultivars. The cross of animals results in what is called a crossbreed and crossbred plants are called hybrids. The term selective breeding is synonymous with artificial selection.
In animal breeding techniques such as inbreeding, linebreeding and outcrossing are utilized. In plant breeding similar methods are used. Charles Darwin discussed how selective breeding had been successful in producing change over time in his book, Origin of Species. The first chapter of the book discusses selective breeding and domestication of such animals as pigeons, dogs and cattle. Selective breeding was used by Darwin as a springboard to introduce the theory of natural selection, and to support it.
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What process do humans use to influence the traits of a species?
selective breeding; been going on for thousands of years. genetic engineering; been going on for decades.
How long have humans been trying to genetically modify animals?
In the sense that selective breeding can be considered genetic modification, humans have been genetically modifying animals since prehistoric times.
In what ways has selective breeding been useful to humans today and in the past?
-Humans have used selective breeding for ages. Horses were originally too small to carry a human alone for any considerable distance, hence the invention of chariots, but selective breeding allowed horses to evolve to sizes that could easily carry even the heaviest passengers. Cattle were bred to produce more milk, and produce more meat. Dogs were bred to fill a variety of jobs, from farming, to hunting, to fighting.
One example of selective breeding?
Most of the domesticated plants and animals you are familiar with have been produced through selective breeding. Dogs, cats, cows, goats, corn, grass, tomatoes, etc .
What are three animals that have been produced by selective breeding?
Horse, Dog, and Cat.
How has selective breeding been helpful to your current way of life?
Absalutly no way at ALL!
What does geneticly engineered corn do to you?
Makes you less hungry.Keep in mind that humans have been manipulating the genomes of food crops for thousands of years by selective breeding. Modern methods simply speed the process.
Can a quagga be recreated?
Yes. This has almost been done, in fact, say some. A breeding-back programme has commenced, through selective breeding of the southern Plains Zebras.
What are the features that all the different breeds of dog have been developed from the wolf by selective breeding?
All the breeds have been found to howl at the moon just like the wolf.
What process is a common practice that has been used by farmers for hundreds of year to develop new plant and animal varieties?
It is called selective breeding.
Why don't wolves act like a dog?
Wolves are wild animals, dogs have been domesticated over thousands of years. Domestication is selective breeding of animals with wanted traits. People have been breeding dogs with traits of kindness towards humans. Although, some behaviors of wolves still remain in dogs, such as devotion to its pack. Feral dogs are closer to wolves however. Feral means that there has been no interaction with humans, causing a state where some dogs can become almost the same as their wild counterparts.
Do you agree that a tiny chihuahua and a huge great dane have no common ancestors?
No. Somewhere in the mists of human history the two breeds have a common ancestor in wolves, if not in later breeds. All domesticated species of dog are known to have been created by humans selective breeding activity.
