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artificial selection

ar·ti·fi·cial se·lec·tion
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    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [ahr-tuh-fish-uh l si-lek-shuh n]
    • /ˌɑr təˈfɪʃ əl sɪˈlɛk ʃən/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [ahr-tuh-fish-uh l si-lek-shuh n]
    • /ˌɑr təˈfɪʃ əl sɪˈlɛk ʃən/

Definitions of artificial selection words

  • noun artificial selection a process in the breeding of animals and in the cultivation of plants by which the breeder chooses to perpetuate only those forms having certain desirable inheritable characteristics. 1
  • noun artificial selection (biology) intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals in order to preserve selected genetic traits. 0
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artificial selection popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 27% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data about 64% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

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Synonyms for artificial selection

noun artificial selection

  • adaptation — An adaptation of a book or play is a film or a television programme that is based on it.
  • social darwinism — a 19th-century theory, inspired by Darwinism, by which the social order is accounted as the product of natural selection of those persons best suited to existing living conditions and in accord with which a position of laissez-faire is advocated.
  • survival of the fittest — (not in technical use) natural selection.
  • darwinism — the theory of the origin of animal and plant species by evolution through a process of natural selection
  • law of the jungle — a system or mode of action in which the strongest survive, presumably as animals in nature or as human beings whose activity is not regulated by the laws or ethics of civilization.
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