Artificial Selection - Ch. 10

Question 1

Domestification

Answer 1

Artificial selection over many generations

Question 2

Experimental Evolution

Answer 2

Use of controlled laboratory or field conditions to study or use evolution

Question 3

Biotechnology

Answer 3

Evolve new traits without prior knowledge

Question 4

Directed Evolution

Answer 4

Cyclic process that alternates between gene diversification and screening for or selection of functional gene variants.

Question 5

How can humans exert selection pressures on populations and species evolution?

Answer 5

Pesticides
Hunting & fishing
Conservation
Involuntary: introduced species, climate change, urbanization