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L3C Selective Breeding

**Students will explain how humans influence the inheritance of desired traits through the process of selective breeding.

1. Selective Breeding-a form of artificial selection whereby deliberate breeding results in desired traits in plants or animals.

2. Artificial Selection-process by which humans breed animals and plants for particular traits.

3. Natural Selection-a process by which organisms with favorable traits produce more successful offspring than organisms with less favorable traits, causing the favorable traits to become more common in the population.