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selective breeding: Quick Facts

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Also Known As artificial selection

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selective breeding; artificial selection
Four kittens with different fur patterns-three tabby and one black-and-white-lying together in a box, illustrating genetic variation among offspring.
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Charles Colling
British stock raiser
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Robert Colling
British stock raiser
Dorothy Leib Harrison Wood Eustis
Dorothy Leib Harrison Wood Eustis
American dog breeder and trainer
Robert Bakewell.
Robert Bakewell
British agriculturalist