Which statement is a specific example of how artificial selection is used in society?

A.
The nucleus of a cow's skin cell is inserted into an egg cell from a female cow.

B.
Genes are spliced from a bacterial cell and inserted into a cell of an apple tree.

C.
Pesticides applied to beetles yield a pesticide-resistant population of beetles.

D.
Two racehorses with desirable traits are bred to produce a superior racing horse.

The correct answer is D. Two racehorses with desirable traits are bred to produce a superior racing horse. This is an example of artificial selection used in society, where humans deliberately breed specific animals or plants with desirable traits to produce offspring with those same desired traits.