ARTIFICIAL SElection

SEX

• Sex fuels evolutionary change by adding variations to the genpool

WHAT IS IT?

• SELECTIVE BREEDING

benefits

• New Plants 
• New Animals
• Specific  Traits

benefits

• New Plants 
• New Animals
• Specific  Traits

dISADVANTAGES

• Selectively bred organisms can be more suscepbtible to disease
• Inbreeding of closely related individuals has also been a problem
• In dog breeds some problems range to shorter life span to hip displaysia

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• If you take out the big fish 

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• Smaller fish are passing on their genes

wHAT DO YOU rEMEMBER?

• Using 5 words or less describe Artificial selection
• Name  2 benefits
• Name 2 disadvantages

Conclusion

• Artificial selection is very importance to science 
• It can advance plants, animals, and humans 
• Does have downsides