Selective Breeding

Selective breeding is...

• a process to create an organism with desired traits from parents with those desired traits

• natural method of producing offspring with desired traits

• creating a new species

• making organisms reproduce during times of stress

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An example of selective breeding is

• a dog breeder mating 2 dogs to make more dogs

• a farmer grows bees to pollinate the plants on his farm

• a person pollinates 2 white rose plants to only create white roses

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One problem with selective breeding is

• creating a new species

• gene variety is lost

• extinction of a species

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Increasing helpful traits to an organism is one way a breeder may use selective breeding.

• True

• False

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Crossing dissimilar individuals to bring together the best of both organisms

• Inbreeding

• Natural selection

• Hybridization

• Mutation

Male of this cow mates with female of the same genetic characteristics.... This is called

• Hybridization

• Inbreeding

• Mutation

• Replication

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