Artificial selection is the selective breeding carried out by humans to alter a population. It is a procedure often used in agriculture: artificial selection has been used to alter the number of eggs [..]

The intentional manipulation by humans of the fitness of individuals in a population to produce a desired evolutionary response.

The selective breeding of domesticated plants and animals to encourage the occurrence of desirable traits.

 The process of purposefully altering the gene pool of a species by selective breeding.

human intervention in animal or plant reproduction to improve the value or utility of succeeding generations of the species. Compare with natural selection.

  The practice of choosing individuals from a population for reproduction, usually because these individuals possess one or more desirable traits.

the process whereby humans select which of a set of organisms can breed and which cannot, effectively breeding for or against certain traits. This is the oldest form of genetic engineering.

Human determination as to which individuals will survive and reproduce. If the selected traits have a genetic basis, they will change and evolve.

In the Darwinian account of evolution, the variety of selection practiced by humans, in selective breeding in horticulture, animal husbandry, etc. Cf. NATURAL SELECTION

Selective breeding.

Selection by humans of a deliberately chosen trait or combination of traits in a (usually captive) population; differing from natural selection in that the criterion for survival and reproduction is the trait chosen, rather than fitness as determined by the entire genotype.

The deliberate breeding of species to enhance traits that are viewed as desirable by humans.

Selective breeding of organisms to produce domesticated animals with more desirable traits; selective breeding to test for genetic variation and covariation in a population. Compare to natural selecti [..]