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Meanings of unnatural selection in English

Russian
искусственный отбор
Portuguese
melhoramento genético
Catalan
cria selectiva
Spanish
reproducción selectiva
Wikidata

Process by which humans control animal and plant breeding by artificially selecting specific traits genetically determined.

        искусственный отбор
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        Examples for "selective breeding"
        Examples for "selective breeding"
        1
        These findings contribute to enhance the selective breeding programmes for this species.
        Pubmed
        2
        Only the permanently desired characters were actually intensified by private selective breeding.
        Last and First Men
        3
        Eugenics is the science of improving the human race by selective breeding.
        The Science of Human Nature: A Psychology for Beginners
        4
        Why, clearly, by the preservation, through selective breeding, of seemingly accidental variations.
        A History of Science — Volume 4
        5
        Biological sciences were rudimentary, but the general principle of selective breeding was known.
        Last and First Men
        1
        Under artificial selection they are deliberately chosen out from among the rest.
        Darwin and Modern Science
        2
        This is artificial selection, and is best exemplified in the experiments with pigeons.
        The Fertility of the Unfit
        3
        A day is coming when artificial selection among human beings will be obligatory.
        Atlantis
        4
        Through artificial selection, for example, breeders have changed the genomes of crops and livestock.
        Is Human Nature Obsolete?
        5
        Is there anything in Nature which in the long-run may answer to artificial selection?
        Darwiniana; Essays and Reviews Pertaining to Darwinism
        Usage of unnatural selection in English
        1
        Something akin to such a case of unnatural selection has there taken place.
        The Soul of the Far East
        2
        Welcome to the age of " unnatural selection".
        Radio NZ
        3
        By a highly unnatural selection, certain individuals become "lifers" -genetically modified humans who receive state-fundedtreatments to keep them alive for centuries.
        The Irish Times
        4
        Audio Photo: Wikipedia 8:30 Window on the World Unnatural Selection.
        Radio NZ
        5
        Unnatural Selection (Pt 1) The Morepork swoops in and (in the words of Elvis Presley) finds himself caught in a trap.
        Radio NZ
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