Answer:
Artificial selection (or selective
breeding) describes intentional breeding for certain traits or combination of
traits by humans, for exploiting the variations existing among species. It isof
three types-mass selection, pure-line selection and clonal selection.
Yes, it affects the process of natural
selection, Natural selection selects for/or against traits ;based on their
effect on the fitness of the organism in artificial selection, traits are
selected based on human preference for improving traits.
The process of natural selection
leads to evolutionary change in the expression of the trait in the population,
whereas the artificial selection, though being the same process, involves the traits
preferred by humans for its own benefit. It is a much faster process than the natural
selection but it may impose threat on diversity in long run making it unfit to
the environment.
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