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Arguments For Artificial Selection

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Artificial selection is the process in which individuals are chosen whether or not to reproduce depending on whether they express desirable traits. This process is also known as selective breeding. Artificial selection is an expensive process used in domestic dogs, cats, horses and cattle to increase the frequency of desired traits.
This essay will argue that selective breeding is not supported for three main reasons; firstly, there are the risk of inbreeding, secondly, the use of artificial selection lessens the amount of variations that exist in a gene pool and lastly, the quality of life is often reduced due to selective breeding. Initially, the risk of inbreeding is often a concern in artificial selection. Inbreeding is when genetically
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