NEETZoologyEvolution
How have humans influenced the evolution of plants and animals?
Options
- ABy allowing natural selection to occur freely
- BBy creating new breeds through selective breeding
- CBy preventing any changes in breeds
- DBy avoiding any manipulation of wild species
Correct answer
B. By creating new breeds through selective breeding
Step-by-step solution
Man has bred selected plants and animals for agriculture, horticulture, sport or security. Man has domesticated many wild animals and crops. This intensive breeding programme has created breeds that differ from other breeds (e.g., dogs) but still are of the same group. It is argued that if within hundreds of years, man could create new breeds, could not nature have done the same over millions of years? Another interesting observation supporting evolution by natural selection comes from England. In a collection of m