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Selective breeding
is when genes are artificially manipulated by humans to create a desired phenotype. This is done through a process in which individuals containing a desired trait are bred with each other and then offspring possessing the desired traits are bred again and so on. This allows humans to produce plants and animals that display an exaggerated form of the original trait. Classic examples of selective breeding include Darwin's Pigeons. Darwin studied Fancy pigeons in which breeders started with a source species, its traits were manipulated to produce many different species with wildly different phenotypes.
Other examples of selective breeding
-Different dog breeds
-Larger and more drought resistant crops
-Domesticating wild animals