Selective Breeding

About topic

• Evolved by human selection
• Capable of rapid change
• Purebred dogs have more diseases 
• (Bull Tarrier 1915)

More on topic

• They will have similar genes 
• Diseases are now more dangerous 
• (Bull Tarrier today)

Who

• Charles Darwin said it can be methodical
• He also said that it can be unconscious
• (American Cocker Spaniel 1887)

Still who

• Charles also suggested that plants
• and animals evolved over time
• (American Cocker Spaniel today)

When

• About 10,000 years ago
• around the time the gray wolf in the back
• appeared in about 12,000 years

When again

• The nineteenth century is a big time
• It is important because Charles Darwin
• said that selective breeding can be 
• methodical or unconscious 

Where

• In Asia aquaculture made a differenct
• They are breeding plants with fish waste

Where

• People say that selective breeding 
• started in the near East 10,000 years  
• ago and China followed 8,000 years ago

Citation

• West, Brian, and "selective breeding." A Dictionary of Biology. 2004. "Selective Breeding."  
• Encyclopedia.com. HighBeam Research, 1 Jan. 2002. Web. 27 May 2014.
• "Selective Breeding - The Dire Wolf Project." Selective Breeding 
• - The Dire Wolf Project. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 May 2014.
• "Dog that changed the world." PBS. PBS, n.d. Web. 28 May 2014.