Artificial selection

The effect that humans have through artificial selection

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The process of artificial selection mimics ...
natural selection.
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What techniques have been used to increase the success of selective breeding in animals?
Artificial insemination and embryo transplantation
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When gametes of close relatives fuse it is known as ...
In-breeding
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Inbreeding promotes homozygosity, meaning there is a greater risk of ...
a double recessive individual being produced.
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Outbreeding promotes ...
Heterozygosity
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Artificial selection is accomplished by ...
the selection and mating of organisms with desirable characteristics.
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What techniques have been used to increase the success of selective breeding in animals?

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Artificial insemination and embryo transplantation

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When gametes of close relatives fuse it is known as ...

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Inbreeding promotes homozygosity, meaning there is a greater risk of ...

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Outbreeding promotes ...

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