I had durian another day and it tasted like jackfruit and cantoulupe mixed together. Do you think they mixed both fruits together to get durian. Also, whats your favorite fruit, mine are bananas 🍌

idk, i never tried durian but when i searched ur question up, it is an original fruit. also my favourite fruit is watermelon :)

Have you ever thought about how plants and vegetables grow. I f you think about it it's really crazy.

all of life is rlly crazy! its amazing how the world works

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Course: Middle school biology - NGSS > Unit 9

Lesson 3: Artificial selection

Artificial selection

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Review your understanding of artificial selection in this free article aligned to NGSS standards.

Key points

Humans use artificial selection to develop organisms with useful or desirable traits. All crop plant varieties, types of livestock, and dog breeds are the result of artificial selection.
Another term for artificial selection is selective breeding.
During artificial selection, humans choose parent organisms with specific traits and allow them to reproduce. This is repeated over many generations. Eventually, this process gives rise to new types of organisms.
The types of organisms that result from artificial selection are considered domesticated.
Artificial selection is similar to natural selection. During both processes, traits (and their underlying genes) change in a group of organisms. And, this change is based on which organisms are more likely to reproduce.
There is one key difference between artificial selection and natural selection. During artificial selection, humans choose which individuals will reproduce. This is not the case during natural selection.

Artificial selection of wild mustard plants gave rise to many of the vegetables we eat today. Image credit: "Wild mustard plant selective breeding" by Liwnoc, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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