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What is artificial selection? How is the development of different dog breeds an illustration of artificial selection?

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When humans breed animals for a specific trait.

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Artificial selection is process in which humans select the traits in animals and plants and use animal breeding or plant breeding to produce the animal or plants with desired traits.

Different dog breeds is very good example of artificial selection because with the help of artificial selection humans can drastically alter the appearance of dogs. With artificial selection human can develop Great Dane from the tiny Chihuahua.

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