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Natural and Artificial Selection

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Topic

  • Evolution
  • Artificial Selection
  • Natural Selection

Resource Type

  • Interactive Media
  • Click & Learn

Level

High School — GeneralHigh School — AP/IBCollege
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Description

This short tutorial explores and compares the mechanisms of artificial selection and natural selection.

Artificial selection is the process by which certain species, such as dogs, are domesticated. During artificial selection, breeders use selective mating to promote traits that are desirable to humans. In this Click & Learn, students learn the genetic mechanisms of artificial selection and the similarities with the mechanisms of natural selection.

Estimated Time

One 50-minute class period.

Key Terms

Charles Darwin, dog, domestication, fossil, gene, mutation, rock pocket mouse, selective breeding, stickleback fish

Terms of Use

Please see the Terms of Use for information on how this resource can be used.

Version History

Date Published 02.28.05

NGSS (2013)

HS-LS4.B, HS-LS4.C

AP Biology (2019)

EVO-1.C, EVO-1.D, EVO-1.E, EVO-1.F, EVO-1.N, EVO-1.O, EVO-3.A, SYI-3.D

IB Biology (2016)

5.1

AP Environmental Science (2020)

Topic(s): 2.6
Learning Objectives & Practices: ERT-2.H

Vision and Change (2009)

CC1

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