artificial selection

English

Noun

artificial selection (uncountable)

1. (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 əntrutʻyun)
• Catalan: selecció artificial f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 人工選擇／人工选择, 人工选择 (jan⁴ gung¹ syun² zaak⁶), 人擇／人择, 人择 (jan⁴ zaak⁶)

  Mandarin: 人工選擇／人工选择, 人工选择 (réngōng xuǎnzé), 人擇／人择 (zh), 人择 (zh) (rénzé)

• Danish: kunstig selektion c, kunstigt utvalg n
• Finnish: keinotekoinen valinta, valintajalostus
• French: sélection artificielle f
• German: künstliche Selektion f, künstliche Auswahl f
• Greek: τεχνητή επιλογή (technití epilogí)
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• 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

• natural selection
• sexual selection