1. The process of breeding animals or plants for specific desired traits by choosing parents with those characteristics to reproduce
Selective breeding has been used for thousands of years to develop different dog breeds.
A reprodução seletiva tem sido usada há milhares de anos para desenvolver diferentes raças de cães.
2. Artificial selection of organisms with particular phenotypic traits to pass on to offspring
Farmers use selective breeding to increase crop yields and disease resistance.
Os agricultores usam reprodução seletiva para aumentar a produtividade das culturas e a resistência a doenças.