Question

If false, please make it a correct statement. A rancher uses a particular chicken for breeding purposes because, on average, she observed that the chicken laid more eggs than other chickens. The rancher selecting the desirable trait would be considered an example of natural selection.

a) true
b) false

Answer 1

b) false

Step-by-step explanation:

The given statement is false. the selection process used by the rancher is an example of artificial selection and not natural selection.

Artificial selection is defined as the selection process done by humans on the basis of desirable characters while in natural selection the selection is based on the adaptive characteristics of animals. In the given example rancher choses a desirable character of chicken that lays more eggs.

Hence, the given statement is "false".