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What are advantages and dis advantages of selective breeding?

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Here are some advantages:

1. it can create new varieties of good crops.
2. it allows for higher profit.
3. it does not have a issue of safety.
4. it helps eliminate diseases
5. it can produce fitter and stronger animals


Here are some disadvantages:

1. it can lead to a loss of species variety
2. it doesn't have control over genetic mutations
3. it brings discomfort to animals
4. it can create offspring with different traits
5. it poses some environmental risks
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Advantages and Dis-advantages of selective breeding are discussed below:

Step-by-step explanation:

Pros of Selective breeding

  • Selective breeding hold stable traits of animals that will be going to surpass in its next generation.
  • Farmers can produce more of those animals which produce more milk, meat, eggs faster and stronger.

Cons of selective breeding

  • Unwanted traits from both parents may appear in the offspring.
  • Diseases can spread in the population and it may end as a worse result.

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