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What is the difference between Artificial Selection and Natural Selection?

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Barry Mclean

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Answered Feb 19, 2021

Natural and artificial selections are methods or ways to breed animals or plants. Artificial selection is also referred to as selective breeding or unnatural selection. Natural selection is a process that takes place naturally without the interruption of humans.

It is when an organism tries to adapt to a change in all kinds of situations such as temperature, weather, shelter, environment, and so on due to change in genetic composition, while the artificial selection is made by favoring desired characters in by humans.

Natural organism's chances of survival are really high, while artificial life is slow. The process rate for artificial selection is faster, while that of natural selection is slow.

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E. James

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Answered Feb 02, 2021

Natural selection is more widely accepted compared to artificial selection. Artificial selection entails unnatural selection or selective breeding, which is perpetuated by humans. Only the strong survive, as the most adaptable organism, can adjust to its surroundings in natural selection.

These organisms can thrive in all different weather, shelter, and ability to obtain adequate nutrition. Artificial selection, on the other hand, organisms with specific traits are selected. They have been genetically altered with the advancing technologies, which are always changing and shifting in biology.

This type of selection involves the breeding of plants and animals for their specific genetic characteristics. Selective breeding occurs throughout generations. In contrast, the idea of evolution was proposed by Charles Darwin, and the theory is called Darwinism.

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Answered Jan 22, 2021

Natural selection is a process of adaption where the environment of an organism is changed, which cause some changes to its genotype or genetic composition, while artificial selection, also referred to as selective breeding, is a process where humans discover desirable traits in plants or animals to and use the trait to produce desirable phenotypic traits.

Natural selection, as the name implies, is a natural process, while the artificial selection is man-made. The chances of survival for natural selection is higher than that of artificial selection. The natural selection process is a slow process that takes generations to complete, while artificial selection is a faster process that completes within days or weeks. A natural election can happen to any living organism, while artificial selection can be performed on any selected group.

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Answered Jan 20, 2021

Natural Selection and Artificial selection are two ways to breed and grow things. As the name suggests, natural selection is a process that is natural. It happens in nature and can happen all over the world. An example of natural selection are animals that are in the wild that reproduce with one another.

Artificial selection has interference from humans. The two that will reproduce are picked by the humans for the purpose of gaining certain traits. An example of artificial selection are a person putting two dog breeds together to reproduce. This can also be done in plants and other animals, such as livestock.

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Answered Jan 19, 2021

Natural selection is generally more accepted than artificial selection. In natural selection, the fittest organisms are selected naturally because they can cope with change and different situations, such as certain weather conditions. In artificial selection, organisms with the desired traits have been selected, and they have been genetically modified with the advancing technologies evolving in biology.

As the name implies, natural selection naturally chooses it's best, while an artificial appointment is what humans choose as the best. The idea of evolution was proposed by Charles Darwin, who created Darwinism's theory, also called the natural selection theory. The artificial selection brings out the new variety of that species.

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W. Wright

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Answered Jan 14, 2021

Artificial selection refers to doing selective breeding. This is sometimes done on animals especially when people would like to get certain breeds. For example, a certain dog breed will be mated with the same dog breed in order to produce pure breed puppies.

For natural selection, there are certain living things that will mate with each other so they would produce offspring that may be a bit different from the parents. One difference between artificial and natural is that artificial breeding will only happen when humans intervene. If animals would be left to breed, they would be free to breed with anyone that they like regardless of their breed.

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W. Kaye

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Answered Jan 12, 2021

Artificial Selection and Natural Selection may seem very similar, probably because they use the same mechanism, but both are two different processes. Natural selection is a naturally occurring process whereby an organism tries to adapt to its changing environment due to certain changes in its genetic composition.

This natural process allows some animals to have survival and reproductive advantages over others. What causes natural selection is when there are changes in the genetic composition of an organism, or changes in the environment. These changes in the genetic composition of an organism can also be passed down to succeeding generations.

On the other hand, artificial selection is not a natural process but a controlled process that allows humans to develop organisms or plants by breeding in order to preserve certain desirable traits in them. Unlike artificial selection, natural selection can lead to speciation or evolution. Artificial selection can be done through inbreeding, outbreeding, most especially in animals.

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