Question

What is one difference between natural selection and selective breeding?

Once a trait helps a species survive, the time it takes for that trait to become apart of the population is much faster with natural selection.

Natural selection can only occur when organisms are chosen and produce offspring. Selective breeding allows organisms to select a mate who is the best adapted to its' environment.

Traits developed through natural selection are influenced by pressures from the environment. Organisms that are produced through selective breeding have traits selected by humans that may or may not be related to environmental pressures.

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Another difference is that natural selection occurs in a natural, uncontrolled environment where the organisms with advantageous traits survive and reproduce, leading to a gradual change in the population over many generations. On the other hand, selective breeding is a human-controlled process where specific traits are chosen and bred for in order to achieve certain desired characteristics in a relatively short period of time.