Selective breeding
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What is meant by the term selective breeding
Breeding two organisms of the same species with desired characteristics in order to gain an advantage
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What effect does selective breeding have on variation in a population
Decreases
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What is the term used to describe all the genes and alleles in a population
Gene pool
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Disadvantages of inbreeding
The population will be at higher risk of catching a disease
Reduces size of gene pool and variation
Rare inherited diseases are more likely to appear
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