Biology B6 (8)

Selective breeding

mating the best offsrping to get good offspring 

best features like

high yeilds of meat, milk, grain

good helath and disease resistant

temperamnet speed, fertility, good mothering skills

in plnats, attractive flowers, nice smell

basic process of selective breeding

parent organisms with the best characteristics are selected , bred together , the best of the offsrping are selected and bred , proces is repeated over several generations to develop desired traits 

it can be used to combine two good traits 

tall wheat plants have a good grain yield but are…