Artificial Selection

Strawberries that we buy in grocery stores are a hybrid between two native types of strawberry plants.

Farmers raise corn that has been made virus-resistant by adding a gene from the teosinte weed

Santa Gertrudis cattle are a cross between Brahman cattle (resistant to heat) and English shorthorns (good beef).

Ugandan scientists inserted a pepper gene into bananas, which prevents the fruit from getting a disease.

A rice gene is added to the orchids to allow them to survive colder temperatures.

Rapeseed contains five genes isolated from seaweed that make it a more edible oil.

Two tomato plants are cross pollinated to produce tomato plants that produce more tomatoes.

The intentional reproduction of individuals in a population that have desirable traits.

The deliberate modification of the characteristics of an organism by manipulating its genetic material.