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Definition 2025

artificial_selection

artificial selection

English

Noun

artificial selection ‎(uncountable)

(biology) intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals in order to preserve selected genetic traits

Translations

intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals

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 (fi)
Italian: selezione artificiale f
Latvian: mākslīgā izlase f
Mongolian: зориудын шалгарал ‎(zoriudyn šalgaral)
Portuguese: seleção artificial f
Russian: иску́сственный отбо́р m ‎(iskússtvennyj otbór)