artificial selection

English

Noun

artificial selection (uncountable)

(evolutionary theory) Intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals in order to preserve selected genetic traits.
Synonym: selective breeding

Translations

intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals

Armenian: արհեստական ընտրություն (arhestakan əntrutʿyun)
Catalan: selecció artificial f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 人工選擇, 人工选择 (jan⁴ gung¹ syun² zaak⁶), 人擇, 人择 (jan⁴ zaak⁶)

Mandarin: 人工選擇, 人工选择 (réngōng xuǎnzé), 人擇 (zh), 人择 (zh) (rénzé)
Finnish: keinotekoinen valinta, valintajalostus
French: sélection artificielle f
German: künstliche Selektion f, künstliche Auswahl f
Greek: τεχνητή επιλογή (technití epilogí)

Italian: selezione artificiale f
Latvian: mākslīgā izlase f
Mongolian: зориудын шалгарал (zoriudyn šalgaral)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kunstig seleksjon m, kunstig utvalg n

Nynorsk: kunstig seleksjon m, kunstig utval n
Portuguese: seleção artificial f
Russian: иску́сственный отбо́р m (iskússtvennyj otbór)
Spanish: selección artificial f

See also

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