artificial selection

English

Etymology

Coined by Charles Darwin in 1859 in his book On the Origin of Species.

Noun

artificial selection (uncountable)

1. (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)

See also

• natural selection
• sexual selection