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Artificial selection
Noun
Word Frequency:
0.2
Definitions
1.
Noun
Intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals in order to preserve selected genetic traits.
Synonyms
unnatural selection
selective breeding
natural selection
cultigen
counterselection
sexual selection
selection
positive eugenics
selective advantage
supernatural selection
survival of the fittest
group selection
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