How is artificial selection similar to natural selection?
1 Answer
In artificial selection we select specific traits to be present in the upcoming progeny, whereas in natural selection nature does that thing and this takes a lot of time.
Explanation:
Nature selects ceratin traits to be passed on to the next progeny by successive mutations resulting in the appearance of the required trait. These successive mutations take a long time, like it took to evolve humans out of apes. This method of selection by nature is natural selection.
Artificial selection is done by humans in laboratories under controlled environment. Hybridisation is a form of artificial selection. We artificially select the desired traits of the male and the female and then under specific conditions fuse the male and the female gametes.
We can also go for mutation breeding. This involves inducing mutation at a site to get the desired quality in the breed.
