Artificial Selection/ Selective breeding

natural selection

Artificial selection

random selection

genetic manipulation

Dogs

Panda bears

Snakes

Jellyfish

Has been used to improve domestic plants and animals for human benefit so that they may provide larger quantities of food or better quality

Help organisms survive

Helps organisms reproduce

Acts on an organism’s phenotype, or observable characteristics, but it is the organism’s genotype (genetic makeup) that is inherited

A bird with hollow bones

A bunny has long ears

Cow that produces more milk

Flowers produce seeds

Selective generation

Natural selection

Artificial selection

In nature selection the “pressure” comes from the environment; In artificial selection the “pressure” comes from humans (or another species).

In artificial selection the “pressure” comes from the environment; In natural selection the “pressure” comes from humans (or another species).

Natural selections is when humans breed the animal; Artificial selection is when humans direct genes directly.

They are different terms for the same concept.