Question

Differentiate between natural selection and artificial selection.

Answer 1

Natural and artificial selection:

1. Natural selection is any selection process that occurs as a result of an organism's ability to adapt to its surroundings.
2. Artificial selection, on the other hand, is selective breeding that is imposed by an external entity, usually humans, in order to enhance the frequency of desirable features.

Natural selection	Artificial selection
1. It is the process where organisms adapt to their environment for their survival.	1. It is process in which a plant breeder selects plants with characteristics to produce offspring with desirable traits.
2. It is a natural selection process.	2. It is a man-made selection process.
3. It helps in producing organisms with biological diversity.	3. It helps in producing organisms with selected desirable traits.
4. It occurs in natural populations.	4. It occurs in the reared or domestic population.
5. It is a slow process.	5. It is a rapid process.
6. It helps in inheritance of only favorable characters to the successive generations.	6. It helps in the inheritance of a variety of desired selected traits to the successive generations.
7. Example: Selection of long-necked giraffes.	7. Example: Breeding of different varieties of dogs or cattle to produce the desired varieties.