Wild cabbage was converted to cauliflower, broccoli by man. What is this process known as? Explain the process. [3 MARKS]
Wild cabbage was converted to cauliflower, broccoli by man. What is this process known as? Explain the process. [3 MARKS]
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1. This process is known as artificial selection. It plays an important role in organic evolution because it is parallel to natural selection. It helps to produce new species having useful traits in less time.
2. Long before Darwin and Wallace, farmers and breeders were using the idea of selection to cause major changes in the features of their plants and animals over the course of decades. Farmers and breeders allowed only the plants and animals with desirable characteristics to reproduce, causing the evolution of farm stock. This process is called artificial selection because people (instead of nature) select which organisms get to reproduce.
3. As shown below, farmers have cultivated numerous popular crops from the wild mustard, by artificially selecting for certain attributes.
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1. This process is known as artificial selection. It plays an important role in organic evolution because it is parallel to natural selection. It helps to produce new species having useful traits in less time.
2. Long before Darwin and Wallace, farmers and breeders were using the idea of selection to cause major changes in the features of their plants and animals over the course of decades. Farmers and breeders allowed only the plants and animals with desirable characteristics to reproduce, causing the evolution of farm stock. This process is called artificial selection because people (instead of nature) select which organisms get to reproduce.
3. As shown below, farmers have cultivated numerous popular crops from the wild mustard, by artificially selecting for certain attributes.
