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English
Etymology
Coined by Charles Darwin in 1859 in his book On the Origin of Species.
Noun
artificial selection (uncountable)
- (evolutionary theory) Intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals in order to preserve selected genetic traits.
- Synonym: selective breeding
Translations
intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals
- Armenian: արհեստական ընտրություն (arhestakan əntrutʻyun)
- Catalan: selecció artificial f
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 人工選擇 / 人工选择 (jan4 gung1 syun2 zaak6), 人擇 / 人择 (jan4 zaak6)
- Mandarin: 人工選擇 / 人工选择 (réngōng xuǎnzé), 人擇 / 人择 (zh) (rénzé)
- Danish: kunstig selektion c, kunstigt utvalg n
- Dutch: kunstmatige selectie f
- Finnish: keinotekoinen valinta, valintajalostus
- French: sélection artificielle (fr) f
- Georgian: ხელოვნური გადარჩევა (xelovnuri gadarčeva), ხელოვნური სელექცია (xelovnuri selekcia), სელექციური გამრავლება (selekciuri gamravleba)
- German: künstliche Selektion f, künstliche Auswahl f
- Greek: τεχνητή επιλογή (technití epilogí)
- Italian: selezione artificiale f
- Latvian: mākslīgā izlase f
- Mongolian: зориудын шалгарал (zoriudyn šalgaral)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: kunstig seleksjon m, kunstig utvalg n
- Nynorsk: kunstig seleksjon m, kunstig utval n
- Polish: dobór sztuczny m
- Portuguese: seleção artificial f
- Romanian: selecție artificială (ro) f
- Russian: иску́сственный отбо́р m (iskússtvennyj otbór)
- Spanish: selección artificial f
- Swedish: artificiellt urval n
- Ukrainian: шту́чний добі́р m (štúčnyj dobír), шту́чний відбі́р m (štúčnyj vidbír)
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