5. Which statement is a specific example of how artificial selection is

used in society?

A. Pesticides applied to plant-eating beetles yield a pesticide-

resistant population of beetles.

B. Two racehorses with desirable traits are bred to produce a

superior racing horse.

C. Genes are spliced from a bacterial cell and inserted into a cell of

an apple tree.

D. The nucleus of a cow's skin cell is inserted into an egg cell of a

female cow.

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Biology

Harley Gill

11 August, 10:43

5. Which statement is a specific example of how artificial selection is

used in society?

A. Pesticides applied to plant-eating beetles yield a pesticide-

resistant population of beetles.

B. Two racehorses with desirable traits are bred to produce a

superior racing horse.

C. Genes are spliced from a bacterial cell and inserted into a cell of

an apple tree.

D. The nucleus of a cow's skin cell is inserted into an egg cell of a

female cow.

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Willis · Answer 1

B. Two racehorses with desirable traits are bred to produce a superior racing horse.

Explanation:

Artificial selection is also called selective breeding. In artificial selection, two organisms having desirable characters are allowed to breed with each other in order to produce a specie having good characteristics or better from their parents in many ways. For example, two racehorses which contains desirable traits are allowed to breed to produce a better horse.