Question

Agriculture has used selective breeding for many years to pass on desirable traits to domesticated plants and animals. This is an example of which of the following?

A.
acquired traits within a species

B.
artificial selection

C.
natural selection

D.
competition for limited natural resources

Answer 1

B. artificial selection

Selective breeding by humans is artificial selection — humans choose which individuals reproduce to pass on desirable traits. It is not natural selection (environment-driven), not acquisition of new traits during an organism's lifetime, and not simply competition for resources.