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level: Selective Breeding

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level questions: Selective Breeding

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In a Nutshell, what is Selective Breeding?-Simply just Breeding the Best Organisms, and then Breeding the Best Offspring's to make that Variation the most Common One -Forced Natural Selection :) [Incest]
What can some of the Best Features be, in Selective Breeding?-Maximum amount of Yield of that Resource [Meat, Milk, Grain, Corn] -Good Health, and Resistance to Disease -Animals need Temperament, Speed, Fertility, Good Mothering Skills... -Plants need Attractive, Smell, Size....
What happens in Selective Breeding?-Parents that have the Best [Desired] Characteristics are Selected, and then Bred Together -They make a Mix of Offspring's - Pick 2 that have the Desired Characteristics, and breed them Together -Repeat this, until you are Satisfied with the overall Population
How can Selective Breeding be used to Combine 2 Different Desirable Characteristics?-Have a Pig, which has Large Bacon Yield, but little Disease Resistance, and another Pig which is Complete Opposite to that -Cross Breed these Pigs to make Offspring's, and Cross-breed again to make another Generation -Pick out which one has Both of the Desired Characteristics, and Done
What is the Main Disadvantage of Selective Breeding?-The Gene Pool is Reduced massively, as well you are Restricting it to the Alleles you only Want, and only keep breeding from the Same Parents [Inbreeding] -Genetic Disorders may be more Frequent when Inbreeding -New Disease with no Resistance too can really be Cataclysmic for the Population, as its all closely Related