Artificial Selection and Domestication — NEET Biology
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Humans knew from as early as 8000-1000 B.C. that one of the causes of variation was hidden in sexual reproduction. They exploited the variations that were naturally present in the wild populations of plants and animals to selectively breed and select for organisms that possessed desirable characters. For example, through artificial selection and domestication from ancestral
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The Sahiwal cow breed in Punjab exemplifies:
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Correct answer: A — artificial selection and domestication
Sahiwal cows are a result of human-driven artificial selection from ancestral wild cattle.
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Humans knew from as early as 8000-1000 B.C. that one of the causes of variation was hidden in sexual reproduction.
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Principles of Inheritance and Variation, Class 12 NCERT Biology.
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