AP Bio 7.3 Artificial Selection

artificial selection: where people select which traits are passed down and which are not

• natural selection is where the environment ‘selects’ which traits or phenotypes are passed down

• through artificial selection, humans affect the variation of animal and plant species

• individuals with desirable traits to us are the ones that are more likely to be passed down

• domesticated animals and plants like dogs and corn have evolved through artificial selection

  • pugs were bred for aesthetics

  • some things, like crops, were bred to make healthier, more abundant, or more accessible foods