Artificial Selection Research Links

National Geographic: Artificial Selection

https://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/evo_30 

Types of Artificial Selection

• Dog breeding
  • Most dog breeds emerged from a shockingly recent moment in history.
  • How and when did wolves become dogs?
  • Responsible Breeding – The Evolution of Dogs
• Fox breeding
  • blogs.scientificamerican.com › guest-blog › mans-new-best-friend-a-f…Man’s new best friend? A forgotten Russian experiment in fox …
• Plant breeding
  • Fast growing plants to absorb CO2 
    • https://thebulletin.org/2018/06/a-plant-that-could-save-civilization-if-we-let-it/#
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  • Ornamental roses
    • https://www.davidaustinroses.com/us/breeding-programme 
    • Breeding Disease Resistant Roses
  • Disease resistance in crops
    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant_disease_resistance
    • Breeding Disease Resistant Plants
  • GMO crops
    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetically_modified_maize  
    • BT Corn – what it is and how it works.
  • Corn’s  Ancestry
    • Tracking the ancestry of corn back 9,000 years
  • Lettuce’s Ancestry
    • The universal boon to the salad bowl
    • National Geographic: From Ancient Egypt to Outer Space, The delicious history of lettuce
    • The New Salad Crop Revolution
  • Mutation Breeding
    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutation_breeding
• Drug Resistance
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