{"id":2020,"date":"2020-07-19T08:50:55","date_gmt":"2020-07-19T08:50:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/?p=2020"},"modified":"2020-07-19T08:50:55","modified_gmt":"2020-07-19T08:50:55","slug":"q-14-what-is-artificial-selection-explain-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/q-14-what-is-artificial-selection-explain-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Q.14 What is artificial selection? Explain it."},"content":{"rendered":"

Q.14\u00a0What is artificial selection? Explain it.<\/strong>
\nAnswer:<\/strong>
\nDefinition<\/strong>
\nArtificial selection (or selective breeding) means intentional breeding between individuals for certain traits or combination of traits.
\n\"\"
\nHistorical Background
\n(a) Abu Rayhan Biruni
\nThe term artificial selection was ‘expressed by the Persian scientist Abu Rayhan Biruni in the 11th century.
\n(b) Charles Darwin Charles Darwin also used this term in his work on natural selection. He noted that many domesticated animals and plants had special properties that were developed by:
\n\u2022 Intentional breeding among individuals with desirable characteristics;
\n\u2022 Discouraging the breeding of individuals with less desirable characteristics.
\nDesirable characteristics <\/strong>
\nAnimals or plants having desirable characteristics are selected for breeding. In this way, many new generations with desirable characteristics are produced.
\n\"Animals
\nBreeds<\/strong>
\nIn artificial selection, the bred animals are known as breeds.
\nVarieties or Cultivars<\/strong>
\nIn artificial selection, bred plants are known as varieties or cultivars.
\nExamples<\/strong>
\n(i) Numerous breeds of sheep, goat, cow, hen etc have been produced by artificial selection to
\nincrease the production of wool, meat, milk, eggs etc.
\n(ii) Similarly, varieties of plants have been produced for better quantity and quality of cereals, fruits
\nand vegetables.
\n\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Q.14\u00a0What is artificial selection? Explain it. Answer: Definition Artificial selection (or selective breeding) means intentional breeding between individuals for certain traits or combination of traits. Historical Background (a) Abu Rayhan Biruni The term artificial selection was ‘expressed by the Persian scientist Abu Rayhan Biruni in the 11th century. (b) Charles Darwin Charles Darwin also used… Read More »Q.14 What is artificial selection? Explain it.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[26],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2020"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2020"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2020\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2023,"href":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2020\/revisions\/2023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}