Question

Differentiate between artificial selection and natural selection.

Answer 1

The change in the inherited traits of biological populations over successive generations is referred to as evolution.

Natural selection	Artificial selection
1. A selection process that occurs for the organisms which are better adapted to an environment tend to survive and produce new offspring.	1. The process by which animals and plants are chosen by the breeder to produce desirable and inheritable characters.
2. It is a very slow process.	2. It is a very rapid process.
3. The selection of long-necked giraffes and the change in the shape of the beaks of birds are examples of natural selection.	3. Breeding programmes of dogs and cattle to get desired characters are examples of artificial selection.