natural selection vs artificial selection

natural selection vs artificial selection

1. the process where organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring

   • natural selection

2. adaptation

   • the action or process of adapting or being adapted.

3. 3 THINGS FOR NATURAL SELECTION TO OCCUR

   • a struggle for existence, variation and inheritance.

4. mutation

   • the changing of the structure of a gene, resulting in a variant form that may be transmitted to subsequent generations

5. artificial selection

   • the identification by humans of desirable traits in plants and animals, and the steps taken to enhance and perpetuate those traits in future generations

6. 3 types of artificial selection

   • genetic modification, selective breeding, gene therapy

7. Selective breeding, gene therapy, genetic modification definitions

   • gene therapy
     • (Selective breeding)
       • genetic modification
         • when you go and replace genes that are not faulty and change them 1 pro is being able to solve world hunger 1 con is the animals they may modify could be under stress
       • choosing parents with particular characteristics to breed together and produce offspring with more desirable characteristics 1 pro is new varieties may be economically important by producing more or better quality food.1 con is it may create genetic deficiencies
     • the process of fixing faulty or defective genes 1 pro is being able to cure cancer 1 con is if gene therapy gets to a cell that has no issues that cell will become faulty as well

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