artificial breeding
Human-directed animal mating
Artificial breeding is the human-controlled reproduction of animals or plants to produce desired traits.
The term covers techniques from selective mating to artificial insemination to in vitro fertilization.
Farmers use artificial breeding to improve livestock: Artificial breeding has increased milk production in dairy cows dramatically.
The practice raises ethical questions about genetic diversity and animal welfare.
- geneticsScience of hereditary transmission
- cryopreservationLow-temperature biological preservation
- sperm bankDonor gamete storage facility
- in vitro fertilizationLaboratory-assisted reproduction
- test tube babyChild conceived outside womb
frozen embryo · reproductive biology · animal welfare · embryo transfer · disease resistance · hybridization · genetic diversity · cloning · biotechnology · agricultural science · veterinary medicine · ecological balance · bioengineering · genetic modification · designer babies · gene editing · ecology · stud farm
artificial breedingnatural selection
Differential reproductive success
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