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the Brahman cattle have good resistance to high temperature, but its meat is poor and tough to eat. The English shorthorn cattle, on the other hand, have good meat, but poor resistance to high temperatures. Scientists formed the Santa Gertrudis cattle by breeding Brahmans with English shorthorns. This new type of cattle has good meat and resistance to high temperatures. This is an example of

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Answer: Selective Breeding

Explanation:

The process of selective breeding can be defined as the process by which the a combination of two parental characters are used to produce a child with the desired characters.

This can be a hybrid of two parental characters. Here, a Brahman cattle is resistant to high temperature but has poor and tough to eat meat.

English shorthorn cattle has soft and good meat but is not resistant to heat. These two cattle were selected to breed and produce a offspring having the desired character.

The cattle produced has good and soft meat and is heat resistant. This is an example of selective breeding.

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