To artificial selection we chiefly owe all the many races or varieties of our domesticated animals and plants. |
But this would mean a return to artificial selection in its most primitive and sanguinary form. |
Stabilizing selection is often noticeable after artificial selection. |
Domestication and artificial selection of livestock have made farm animals dependent on humans. |
One can note that the fur of truly longhaired cats, such as Persians, is, most probably a product of a long artificial selection. |
Following on from The Blind Watchmaker it deploys computer models of artificial selection. |