Natural Selection vs. Selective Breeding

Environmental and Human Influences

Natural Selection vs. Selective Breeding

Natural Selection Selective Breeding

Process by which organisms that are most suited to their environment survive and reproduce most successfully.

Method of breeding that allows only those organisms with desired characteristics to produce the next generation.

Natural Selection Summary: Environmental Influence due to organism adaptation

Mouth parts ex: beaks, teeth

External color ◦ ex: fur, scales, feathers

Behavior

Selective Breeding

Summary: Human Influence on characteristics and behavior.

Domestic Animals Ex: Chickens, Dogs, Cows

Plants: Ex: Corn, Fruit,hybrids

Domestic Animal Various animals that have been tamed

and made fit for a human environment.