What is selective breeding?
Selective breeding is when organisms who possess some sort of desirable trait (i.e physical strength, tolerance to some sort of bacteria, etc.) and breeding them with other organisms of the same species who may or may not possess that same trait to produce offspring with that trait and make it more common in future generations.
Selective breeding can be categorized into three types for animals and two types for plants;
Inbreeding: The type of selective breeding in animals when relatives within a population breed, usually through isolation of the organisms that possess desirable traits, and produce similar offspring. Over time, this will remove other traits from this population and thus reduce the gene pool size. This is used commonly used in agriculture, specifically livestock.
Linebreeding: The type of selective breeding in animals that is an extension from inbreeding. This is when certain characteristics that are desirable are "fixed" by breeding within a population only between very close relatives.
Outbreeding: The type of selective breeding in animals that is the opposite of inbreeding. Instead of breeding being limited to only the population, new genetic material is introduced to the population's gene pool to reduce the chances of a genetic disorder becoming a problem.
Self Pollination: The type of selective breeding in plants when a plant provides all the genetic material for it's offspring. This one is most common in plants since it is easy, straight forward and close to guarantees the offspring will be exactly the same as the parent.
Cross Pollination: The type of selective breeding in plants that is naturally occuring, but the genetic material is taken from two specific plants to increase the chances of producing offspring that will be possessing desirable traits (i.e colour, drought tolerance, fruit, etc.)
Selective breeding can be categorized into three types for animals and two types for plants;
Inbreeding: The type of selective breeding in animals when relatives within a population breed, usually through isolation of the organisms that possess desirable traits, and produce similar offspring. Over time, this will remove other traits from this population and thus reduce the gene pool size. This is used commonly used in agriculture, specifically livestock.
Linebreeding: The type of selective breeding in animals that is an extension from inbreeding. This is when certain characteristics that are desirable are "fixed" by breeding within a population only between very close relatives.
Outbreeding: The type of selective breeding in animals that is the opposite of inbreeding. Instead of breeding being limited to only the population, new genetic material is introduced to the population's gene pool to reduce the chances of a genetic disorder becoming a problem.
Self Pollination: The type of selective breeding in plants when a plant provides all the genetic material for it's offspring. This one is most common in plants since it is easy, straight forward and close to guarantees the offspring will be exactly the same as the parent.
Cross Pollination: The type of selective breeding in plants that is naturally occuring, but the genetic material is taken from two specific plants to increase the chances of producing offspring that will be possessing desirable traits (i.e colour, drought tolerance, fruit, etc.)
