2. Which of the following is not the example of artificial selection ?
a) Colours of rose b. Flavours of mangoes 3.colours of beetle
4.Starch quality of wheat
Answers
● In the given examples or options the one which is not related to artificial selection is starch quality of wheat.
● Artificial selection is a procedure wherein man chooses a specific wanted attributes or characters for rearing, so as to produce new plants/creatures with improved characters.
● In the above mentioned examples colours of roses is a character where men produced them with hybridization technique ok as only red and pink flowers are available as Natural traits and all other colours are done through artificial selection.
● Same with the case of Taste of mango and also types like you selling mangoes and raw eaten mangoes etc.
● Same is the the case with colours of beetle.
Starch quality of wheat is not the example of artificial selection.
Option: (d)
Explanation:
- Selection is a process in which a particular breed or a species reproduces more due to favourable characteristic. This can be of two types natural and artificial.
- Natural selection is one in which the breed or species which is more resistant to the environmental conditions will reproduce more and hence will be more in number.
- In artificial selection the breed which is better is grown more in number by human beings for their own use. Some examples are coloured rose, flavoured mangoes etc.
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