EvolutionEasyBloom L3
Question
Animal husbandry and plant breeding programmes are the examples of
Options
A.reverse evolution
B.artificial selection
C.mutation
D.natural selection
Solution
Sol.(b) [Key Concept: Animal Husbandry & Plant Breeding — Artificial Selection] Animal husbandry and plant breeding programmes are examples of artificial selection. The process in which the breeder chooses to perpetuate only those forms that have certain desirable inheritable characteristics is known as artificial selection. This is analogous to natural selection but the selecting agent is the human breeder rather than the natural environment.
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