selective breeding
- Created by: katherine
- Created on: 29-01-13 15:45
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- Selective Breeding
- Living things in a species have variation
- Individuals with desired characteristics can be selected for the next generation
- Unwanted alleles can be bred out of the population
- For and Against
- reduced genetic diversity
- can cause health problems for animals
- Increased genetic diseases
- increased susceptibility to new diseases due to lack of alleales
- higher yields of animals or plants
- can be bred to increased tolerance of of bad conditions
- species with increased resistance to disease
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