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ReplyDeleteselective breeding is good because this is a way to get different animals and plants and other helpful things without potentially hurting the animal or plant. the best pert is that the farmers can get more money and they can make better animals and plants. this is very beneficial to farmers.
ReplyDeleteAyres, Crystal. “16 Main Advantages and Disadvantages of Selective Breeding.” Green Garage, 22 July 2015, greengarageblog.org/16-main-advantages-and-disadvantages-of-selective-breeding.
how does it affect the enviornment
DeleteAccording to my source, selective breeding can be good and bad. Some of the good things about selective breeding is that we can make better plants, some of the examples of selective breeding is that we can get good characteristics from plants and breed them with each other to make better plants. This can mean that we can make bigger and better plants. Some of the bad things about selective breeding is that sometimes some species of animals and plants can have similar genetics. Another thing tat is bad is that diseases can spread through the similar genetics. So should we stop using selective breeding?, why or why not?
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DeleteYes for human selective breeding, but no for animal selective breeding, seeing as they have their own reasons. But, is humane to selective breed animals at all?
DeleteSelective breeding should not be stopped but should be used with precautions so that animals aren’t being set up for harm in the process. If we were more cautious with what animals we cross breed could we prevent harm to the animals?
DeleteI think we should continue to use selective breeding, but limit the use of it. Most of the time, the bad things that happen as a result of selective breeding are unintentional, and if people were slightly educated on that, then it would be tremendously limited. How should we educate people on selective breeding? (Keep this, this is for Part 2 of the project.)
DeleteYes, I do believe that selective breeding should still be used. I do not think it will raise problems if we breed animals with genes that won't harm the future generation. As long as we selectively breed wisel, the animals will have better disease resistance. If we use selectively breeding carefully, will it cause more benefits for the animal?
DeleteI think selective breeding should be stopped in animals. I think it is immoral to select specific traits based on what humans find desirable or pleasing. Most traits are selected for appearance, not functionality.
DeleteSelective breeding used in the farming industries and agriculture is okay; however, breeding animals is just cruel. Not too mention it's a real slap in the face to evolution.
This is a really interesting article on dog breeding and the horrors that dogs suffer through because some human decided this or that was "cute," or perhaps the dog was defective in that the desired outcome didn't occur. It's sickening. Luckily, it seems that back-breeding is possible to maybe reverse the damage that has been done by humans.
http://www.friendlyandfree.com/the-problem-with-pugs/
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DeleteWe don't have to stop selective breeding. It is more helpful than harmful to the environment. The posts above gives great examples of why we should all be on the same page. If almost all of us are on the same page and give good reasons to do so, why do some people not agree with us?
DeletePeople shouldn't stop selective Breeding. Even though it risks life of some animals. Our food would be disastrous. Food way back then was very small and bitter.
DeleteWhat is the impact on animals when you selectively breed.
DeletePerhaps Selective breeding doesn't have to necessarily cease, but a few regulations/limits should be placed regarding usage; therefore, there wouldn't be much harm done in the process- especially for animals.
DeleteWould a little change such as this make much a difference for the better in terms of safety and production?
I think we should stop selective breeding in animals, because some of the things that we do to animals may not be comfortable to them (I will not get into the details). Also, animals like ligers and mules are not needed in the environment. Would you really want to breed these animals, but then leave them to suffer for the rest of their life? Why, or why not?
DeleteI think we should continue to selectively breed, but to proceed with caution. I believe we should stop selectively breeding animals that do not go together, “just to see what would happen.” Something really bad could come out of it. We may be curious but it is not worth the risk it may present. Things like food can and should continue to be selectively bred. If you could see any two crops selectively bred together(hypothetically without any risks) which would you want to be bred together?
DeleteWe should continue to selective breed, but only in experimental labs. This way we can monitor genetic mutations that selective breeding can’t stop. How could we monitor selective breeding efficiently?
DeleteNo, we should not stop using selective breeding. Selective breeding is very helpful and useful to us because we can create the best organisms with really good traits without necessarily harming the animals and modifying their genes/DNA. You can put two organisms with good traits together making the offspring have both of the good traits. This can make better food for us, and prevent us from using a lot of pesticide for plants because some plants are more resistance to things that harm them. You can combine all of the good traits. If selective breeding is so beneficial, and it doesn't harm organisms, shouldn't we continue to use selective breeding?
DeleteSelective Breeding in plants has caused everyday vegetables to grow in size. Corn used to be about 4 inches, corn today is 3 times larger. Over time, farmers began to selectively breed plants to make them easier to harvest. This has caused our food to grow in size and change in color. Some believe that mexican farmers only selected the most tastiest and best looking kennels. So, do you think that the older corn is better or the newer corn is. Why?
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I believe the older corn is better even though there is less of it is better for your body. Without all of the chemicals in our foods it can most likely prevent some health conditions. Well is quality better than quantity?
DeleteThis is an interesting question to answer. I am going to have to go with corn in its original form because I believe that it is what humans and other animals are supposed to eat. The unnatural corn that we now eat may be more convenient, but it is not natural. Whatever your opinion, please explain why someone might answer this question otherwise.
DeleteThough we might like the taste of the newer, selectively bred corn, it seems to be the healthier choice of eating the old corn type. Though there is no chemicals added to the corn to make it more convenient (Since selective breeding is a natural process), we were evolving to eat this type of corn, and it makes more sense to do so today.
DeleteAnswering Chandlers question, quality is better than quantity. I can prove this in an example. If you were to give many hungry people each a piece of poorly made bread, everyone would get sick. If you were to give only 1/2 the people good food, then 1/2 of the people would be well. Would you want to be well, but see others sick, or would you rather be sick like everyone else?
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DeleteI believe that the original corn is better because it is more natural. Yes The new corn can be unhealthy for our body. Natural corn prevents more illness. Even though the newer corn has more, the healthier corn is what we need to eat.
DeleteI would rather be well with everyone else sick because I might be able to find a cure for there disease or virus but if I was, then nobody would be able to do anything to get well
DeleteSo, do you think that the older corn is better or the newer corn is. Why?
DeleteI think the newer corn is better because it provides more food and is larger. With this selectively bred corn, more people can be fed on less resources which is good for the environment and it's probably cheaper too. I see people mentioning the quality of older corn being more important in the comments above me, but according to my research on GMOs and selective breeding, the quality of newer corn isn't really much worse than the older "natural" corn just because it has evolved. What do you think about selectively breeding pets like dogs or horses?
I think that the older corn is better because it hasn’t been selectively breed as much as the new corn. The older corn is much more healthy and i’d rather my food be healthy than over-sized and discolored. With all this being said, do you think it matters how the food looks and is it all about the taste or how it affects your body after you’ve consumed it?
DeleteSelective breeding is knowing as artificial selection. Selective breeding is making a new organism with desirable traits. Although selective breeding comes with some wanted features when you cross the breeds you also get unwanted health conditions that come with the animals genetics. Selective breeding is very common in dogs in such breeds such as maltipoos and cocker spaniels. Selective breeding has many pros and cons. Should we risk the health conditions for appearance in animals such a pets?
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DeleteWe should not risk the health conditions or lives of animals just for their appearances. We really should not risk the lives of animals for their appearances because your killing lives for appearances which is wrong. Second, if we continue to risk lives just for the appearances of animals then eventually most of pets and other animals would be dead because we decided to keep risking the lives of animals for selective breeding.
DeleteI believe that while it may be dangerous you get more food or animals out of it. With all the starving people in the world it is very well needed. Quantity or Quality?
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DeleteI believe we should carry out this breeding in an educated, and manner in which the animal is not harmed or abused. What kind of animal would you save that is being abused, and why? (Keep this, this is for Part 2 of the project.)
DeleteI believe that we should not risk the health conditions for the appearance in animals. Even though selective breeding could be beneficial and it helps with features of the animals, some animals get unwanted health conditions that come with selective breeding. Animals are put in danger of getting traits that are not needed and unwanted, which is why we should not risk animals health just to selectively breed.
DeleteI don't think that it is a good choice to risk the health of animals just to give them a better appearance, but I do think that it solves other problems such as amounts of food/meats collected from animals, as it gives a larger supply of meats. So, with the health of animals in mind, are we participating too much in selective breeding? Or too little?
DeleteI think we are using the right amount of selective breeding - where there are more advantages than disadvantages that come with it. At this rate, I don't think we should risk what we have going on for more meat. Besides, there is already enough meat in the stores for what people need, so we don't need to overcrowd the butcher section. Do you agree or disagree, and why?
DeleteThough despite the dangers that come with selective breeding, we so often produce more with It. Sure, there are health hazards but we could place a few precautions here and there to better the process in terms of safer quality.
DeleteWhich would more so be valued? Quantity or quality?
We should not risk the health conditions for the appearance in pets because it can pass down diseases and other unfavorable effects. Plus, it's wasteful. If we are breeding these pure bred dogs, people are going to go spend thousands of dollars on that dog instead of going to the shelters to spend less money on a dog that was not bred selectively. But, I do think selectively breeding animals for food, like cows, is beneficial and feeds more people.
DeleteIn what ways has selective breeding gone too far?
I believe that we shouldn't we risk the health conditions for appearance in animals. Even though the selective breeding is helpful with features when you still get unwanted health conditions that come with the animals genetics. Which is why we shouldn't risk the animals health. So should we really risk the animals health?
DeleteMy answer would have to be no. I think a better question than asking yes or no would be, Why or why don't you think we should risk the animals' health in order to selective breed? This is better to ask because there is more that can be explained to than a plain yes or no question.
DeleteSelective breeding is the process of artificial selection. You can do this through cross-breeding or selecting organisms/plants that include desirable traits. Although you'd expect appealing results from selective breeding, you may also get unwanted health conditions contained in particular genes. Selective breeding also provides or comes with domestication of animals such as the common farm animals you see and the pets you own. Considering the positive and negative consequences, is it worth risking health conditions for appeal in animals and plants?
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DeleteWe should not use selective breeding just to try to get appealing results from animals because you'll be risking lives of a new species. It would risk their lives because if we used selective breeding and created a new species, the new species can have s disease that can either spread to others or it would be passed down and then eventually they would all die. So I think if we are going to use selective breeding we should at least know the possible consequences and to also keep in mind to limit selective breeding
Deleteno it is not worth the diseases and problems to selectively breed and so this should not be used any more because they should be able to breed with who or whatever they want
DeleteI believe that it is not worth risking health conditions for appeal in animals and plants because even though they are many great uses for this. Even if you get desirable traits, you may also get unwanted health conditions contained in particular genes. This can cause major threats to the animals and plants. So should we really do this for appearances?
DeleteNo, risking health conditions is not worth for better appeal in animals. The appeal of an animal doesn't contribute to the survival of mankind. If anything, it makes the survival less likely because we may come up with a species that cannot be controlled and will eventually wipe out humans. If we continue using selective breeding, how long may humans last before extinction?
Deleteselective breeding is good and bad. it is good because it is a way to get better animals with less problems but it is bad because if mess with to much you could make weird stuff like glow in the dark bunnies.
ReplyDeleteMy question. would you eat an animal that had a chance of being bad because of the way they bread it?
DeleteNo, I wouldn't eat animals that is not healthy because I might become sick from eating it so why should I risk eating it. Would you continue genetically modifying animals for eating purposes?
Deleteyes because it is only the chance I don't rely care that much it wouldn't affect me that bad, and it also probably will be a good thing so I don't think I would not get very sick.
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ReplyDeleteThis way of breeding is when you choose specific organisms (usually ones that are large and good tasting) and breed them together to get an offspring that has more exceptional traits. Selective breeding has problems too. “Similar genetics means that the population will have the same strengths but also the same weaknesses,” stated by yourgeome.
ReplyDeleteAn example of selective breeding is by growing a bunch if watermelons and find watermelons that are large and take the seed out of the watermelon and grow those seeds.
Selectively breeding pineapples to grow into a sweet and large plant. Would you eat it, Why?
“What Is Selective Breeding?” Stories, The Public Engagement Team at the Wellcome Genome Campus, 17 Aug. 2017, www.yourgenome.org/facts/what-is-selective-breeding.
I would eat the pineapple because i would find it keeping me full and also tasting good because i wouldn't eat it if it wasn't good. What would you eat if we never genetically modify our foods?
DeleteYes because it is better and more nutritious. Would you eat selectively breed meat?
DeleteI would eat the selectively bred pineapple because the people who bred them together chose 2 pineapples that already existed and bred them together. I think you may be confusing this with GMO, as breeding two pineapples of the same species is fine, while GMO presents risks and ways to make it bigger and better chemically. This is breeding naturally to make the product better and bigger. If you could selectively breed any crop(of the same species) together(like watermelon, or bananas, etc.) to make them larger and more beneficial to your health, what crop would you choose?
DeleteI think that selective breeding is good. For example with cats, we have made them so that they have special pigment in their fur so we don’t get allergic. We can also make them so that they don’t shed hair or make them more fluffy. So what would happen if we stopped selective breeding?
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lark, Josh. “Would You Pay $6,000 for a Hypoallergenic Cat?” HowStuffWorks,
HowStuffWorks, 15 Oct. 2007, animals.howstuffworks.com/
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If we stopped using selective breeding than our animals and plants would not be as good as they are now. The Animals would be weaker and some of them would be much smaller!. Plants would be less ressialiant and would die easier. So what would happen if there were no selective breeding ever?
DeleteIf we stopped selectively breeding our food will be bitter and tiny. This is not good. What if we stopped breeding animals?
DeleteLife would become a lot more tedious. What would happen if did it to insects.
DeleteIf we stopped selective breeding, most of our food wouldn’t have nearly as much nutrition. However, there would be no health risk for organisms eating the food. How important is it when selecting breeds to breed? Why?
DeleteIf we stopped selective breeding than all of our foods will be tiny and our plants would not be alive as long as they already do.
DeleteHow would life be without selective breeding?
Selective breeding involves choosing parents with distinct characteristics to breed together and produce offspring with more wanted characteristics. Selective breeding aims to capture an organism’s characteristics in a way that is desirable to the humans that breed them. An organism’s characteristics are determined by the combination of things called gene variants that are passed on from one generation to the next.
ReplyDeleteWhy or why wouldn't you choose to do selective breeding?
“What Is Selective Breeding?” Stories, The Public Engagement Team at the Wellcome
Genome Campus, 17 Aug. 2017, www.yourgenome.org/facts/what-is-selective-breeding.
Selective breeding uses 2 chose parents to cross breed to make a new improve plant or animal. It is helpful and had been used for years by farmers. It changes many fruits that we eat now. Corn was 3 times smaller and watermelons we 10 times smaller back then but now there huge and they provide us with food. What 2 things would you crossbreed?
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I would choose to selectively breed. My food will be scrumptious and large.
DeleteHow did people back then learn to breed?
There are obviously quite a few reasons that selective breeding can be considered a good thing, but there are also reasons to why it would be considered a bad thing. Selective breeding has helped people such as farmers, since it has made crops immune to certain pathogens and diseases. This is a point that I talked about in my initial post, and it’s that the way of nature is to adapt to, and find a way to do what you’re meant to do in nature. A pathogens job to cause disease and illness. So, even if you selectively breed crops to be immune to pathogens and disease, the pathogens will eventually find a way to infect the crop(s), and this would only make the pathogen stronger. What will happen to our crops that aren’t selectively bred if a pathogen that had gotten strong enough to infect a selectively bred plant, gets into a normal crop?
DeletePlants and animals are bred to be the most beneficial. In the past, plants and animals were bred to be domestic and larger for more food. For example dogs can be selectively bred. They can be bred to have a certain colored fur and coat length. They also can be bred to have a smaller or larger body with a longer or shorter tail. Many dogs bred this way are show dogs or are very expensive, but you must be careful or else health problems may come into play. So I have a question for you. If this is what can be the results of selective breeding, why is it important we still bred selectively?
ReplyDelete“The Selective Breeding of Dogs.” OpenLearn, The Open University, 29 Aug. 2013,
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I think that while some people may be aware of this, others want to breed "purebred" dogs, and take pride in doing so. People like the qualities found in the dogs that they were bred for. While it may be morally wrong and at the dog's expense, as long as there are people out there that will buy these purebred dogs, breeders will continue to breed them to make a lot of money.
DeleteSome of you may have domestic dogs. Whether they are purebred or not, their ancestors were likely selectively bred, meaning that if humans never selectively bred dogs, your dog would not exist. In saying this, why do you or do you not agree that selectively breeding dogs is wrong? (If you do not have a dog, just think of other domestic animals or domestic dogs as a whole.)
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ReplyDeleteSelective Breeding has its cons but it also has its pros. It is very helpful to our society in many ways. One way being that when you selectively breed a plant, it can prevent a human from catching any diseases the original plant contained. It is also helpful, for when you breed an animal, you can make it able to withstand harsh and poor weather that it wouldn't typically be able to live in which makes it easier to give off food like eggs and milk to humans. Despite having all these advantages, selective breeding can also have it's negative impacts on the environment. Based on this, why or why not would you still continue breeding selectively?
We should continue selective breeding because it is very advantageous. In selective breeding, people put 2 organisms with desirable traits next to each other. They then produce an offspring with both of the wanted traits. Using this, they can make organisms have the best traits. In selective breeding, people can breed animals with “higher protein and lower fat percentages”, and breed plants that are bigger, more resistant to diseases, and are higher in nutrition. This can provide humans with better food. Selective breeding is so useful, and doesn’t harm the organisms themselves. It is very safe, and can lead to organisms with really good traits. It provides humans with better plants and animals to eat. When there are so many pros, isn’t selective breeding such a good idea and shouldn’t it be continued?
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In a way, yes, but I think a better question to ask instead of, when there are so many pros, isn’t selective breeding such a good idea and shouldn’t it be continued, would be, why or why wouldn't you (even with all the pros) want to continue this act of selective breeding?
DeleteAlthough I do not have a direct opinion on selective breeding, I can say if we correctly choose upon the characteristics of the plants and animals the result of the selective breeding would not lead to the possibility of genetic mutation, the lost of genes coming from the parents in the end, nor the risk of having diseases by the recessive alleles. But instead, resulting in having more produce and agricultural products, elimination in (control) disease, and to a superior breed.
DeleteWhat would happen to the genes, if during the selective breeding they are lost?
“6 Advantages and Disadvantages of Selective Breeding.” FutureofWorking.com, futureofworking.com/6-advantages-and-disadvantages-of-selective-breeding/.
Selective breeding can create a new variety of crops that are beneficial to farmers. They can possibly produce more crops, and crops that are resistant to pests and diseases. A problem with selective breeding that can relate to my first statement is that selective breeding often results in a population of animals or plants with similar traits which means they will have the same strengths, but also the same weaknesses.
ReplyDeleteIf plants that are products of selective breeding have the same weaknesses and strengths, if the weakness has something to do with the environment can’t they grow that crop in another location?
Ayres, Crystal. “16 Main Advantages and Disadvantages of Selective Breeding.” Green Garage, 22 July 2015, greengarageblog.org/16-main-advantages-and-disadvantages-of-selective-breeding.
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I believe that this would be a problem. This is because the crops had been growing in a specific area for however long, and they have grown to adapt to that environment. If we move the crop, then we would have to change it to be resistant to the area, causing more weaknesses. This would be ridiculous. However, would we keep having to move them if we did use this plan?
DeleteSelective breeding can be seen as something that is harmless and practical, but not everyone agrees with this process. Selectrive breeding is the process of taking the genes of the most desirable traits and taking other “perfect” genes in order to make the most perfect offspring possible. This is fair for some animals because of farming, and if you have a “perfect” cow, you get the perfect amount of milk from that, or if you have a “perfect” sheep you get the best wool from that sheep. But when it comes to this process being used on humans, it is enforcing the fact that babies should be perfect, beautiful, and desirable, instead of just being born the way they naturally would be.
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Should we be enforcing the belief that everyone should be perfect, or let babies be the way they are?
DeleteI think that we should just keep the looks alone because if something goes wrong then it can seriously harm, kill, or mess up the life that the child will have. Some things that can go wrong is that you can scar the baby to you can kill it in accident.
DeleteI think we should leave them the way they are. Even though modifying them could lead to beneficial outcomes for the animal, the animal is most likely living just fine the way it is. If we take the animals way of life away, it may affect its health on itself and the ecosystem. What classifies the perfect animal? Could potential problems arise down the line as a result of modifying the animal?
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DeleteI think that babies should be born naturally and in peace. People should not selective breed on humans just to create the "perfect" babies because, what if this process brings along health issues? Should we be risking the health of newborns babies just for them to be perfect? Or should we give them a chance at normal life, without higher risk of health issues?
I believe that babies should be born the way that they are. We should not selective breed humans just because if you selective breed sheep they would bring out the perfect wool. Or if you selective breed cows it would bring out the perfect milk. When selective breeding humans, it can cause many things such as disease and illnesses. We should not be considering the idea of putting newborns into danger just so you can make them "perfect."
DeleteNo, because you shouldn't make someone look "perfect." There is no such thing as "perfect", and we shouldn't use selective breeding on babies, or animals, because they are fine just the way they are.
DeleteChildren don't have to be "perfect," but if something life threatening is wrong with the child, doctors and scientists should be doing everything in their power to keep the disease form progressing or destroy the disease. If doctors didn't do everything in their power to help ill children, what would happen to the next generation of humans?
DeleteWhat is Selective Breeding? Selective breeding is a process used by humans to develop new organisms with desirable characteristics. Breeders select two parents that have beneficial phenotypic traits to reproduce, showing offspring with those desired traits. What are the pros of selective breeding? One of the many pros of selective breeding is It can eliminate control diseases in plants and animals. “ Recent, Studies have shown that with this process, there is a huge possibility of eradicating diseases since the farmers are given the opportunity to identify plants and animals that have diseases or have disorders. This way, the producers will be able to control the growth and population of their crops and livestock because the offspring will come from healthy parents.” However what is the cons of Selective breeding?. This can result to risks of having diseases. Selectively bred animals and plants can lead to offspring having similar genes and at the same time. It will result to diseases becoming more dangerous. Aside from this, there is also an increased possibility of having genetic diseases like cystic fibrosis caused by recessive alleles. Based on this, would you still continue breeding selectively if you had the choice?
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Based on your information and some thing I know, I would not continue using selective breeding if I had the choice. I do not see a reason why people would do such things when it can increase the chance of diseases, and it makes them more dangerous. They can also cause there to be a smaller variety of breeds in plants and animals.
DeleteCan anyone explain why they would continue using selective breeding?
People use selective breeding to achieve many purposes such as bigger meat. The use of selective breeding is more used for commercial use in restaurants and stores to sell and promote foods for money. How else is selective breeding used?
DeleteAccording to my source selective breeding could be good because you could have higher profit it can have higher profit because if you were a farmer and you had cows you can produce more milk when you would use this method on crops. Crops then will grow faster and that means more money. Another reason I think it would be good is because it does not have any issues with safety selective breeding is just making it grow faster or making it go faster. Another reason I think that selective breeding is good because you grow more crops in a faster period of time.
ReplyDeleteWhy or why not would you continue to selective breed?
Citation: Ayres, Crystal. “16 Main Advantages and Disadvantages of Selective Breeding.” Green Garage, 22 July 2015, greengarageblog.org/16-main-advantages-and-disadvantages-of-selective-breeding.
I would continue to selective breed because it makes animals and plants so much better instead of them being weak and skinny. Would you disown an animal not seletivley bred?
DeleteWhen having to chose between continuing to do selective breeding and stop the usage of selective breeding, I would stop the selective breeding process. This is due to the negative effects, it has towards animals and plants, when conducting this process there is a lost in characteristic, many animals become all sick together, and many health issues are can occur.
DeleteWould there be any effects on humans if we were to continue with selective breeding?
I believe that we should continue selective breeding as long as we don’t take it too far. There are many positive things that come out of selective breeding, but too much of anything is bad. For example, in the Great Depression, a factor was overproduction and underconsumption (this is just an example) so now if we use selective breeding to grow our crops because they grow faster, or any other reason, if we produce too much, the value of the crops will go down as well, as well as the profit for the farmers. Just how far is too far when it comes to selective breeding?
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ReplyDeleteSelective Breeding is when scientists and people change a plants or animals genetic makeup, or the instructions for how they function. Unlike plants, animals actually do get selectivity bred. The article states that the first acts of this happened around 32,000 years ago, starting with dogs. One of the earliest crops that were modified were wheat, in order to make larger grains and harder seeds. Dogs were modified to make a variety of species. The most largely known plant to be modified was corn, fore it was modified to become bigger in size, mostly it’s kernels.
ReplyDeleteThe question is, is this selective breeding helpful or harmful in any ways to the plants or animals.
Ross, Rachel. “What Is Genetic Modification?” LiveScience, Purch, 1 Feb. 2019, www.livescience.com/64662-genetic-modification.html.
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DeleteIt is both helpful and harmful to plants and animals. One of the pros of selective breeding is that it allows for a higher profit. Selective breeding allows the encouragement of plant and animal characteristics that are way more beneficial to farmers. One of the cons are that it can also have a negative impact. For example, it brings discomfort to the animals being bred. Breeders who are wanting to formulate particular animal traits might accidentally reproduce characteristics that are damaging to animal health.
DeleteIt depends on the situation. It can be good because you can get better animals that live longer are bigger and it can be good to plants because we can create larger plants that can feed more people. Without these foods we cannot have as many people or animals on the earth. It can also be harmful because it can give diseases to plants and animals. They may also create things that are harmful to the animals survival like attached toes.
DeleteThe new question is would all of the animals and people in the world still be here?
I believe that in the short term, Selective Breeding is good because it helps make larger animals, and with that, larger plants will be needed to feed these animals. If these new species have these new plants to eat, this will help them be able to survie in different areas and live longer. But, in the long term, this strategy will start to slowly show it's flaws more as these species start carrying diseases. Then when these animals need to go all out to survive, they possibly won't be able to because they might have disadvantages like attached feet or 3 eyes, causing them to lack in survival skill.
DeleteSo, is Selective Breeding worth it if it risks our future?
I think that selective breeding is very risky for the future because the animals will start carrying diseases.
DeleteDo you think you would keep doing selective breeding after you knew about this?
Actually, Selective breeding can actually outlaw diseases. If you breed with certain animals that do not have the disease the disease will die out and animals will no longer carry this disease. Yes, I think farmers would still breed selectively if they knew that information
DeleteI do not think that selective breeding is worth it if it risks our future. I don't see the point in creating things that can kill us all. I don't believe all of humanity should be risked just for some better quality and more available food. The world overproduces as it is. We just have to come up with new solutions to protect the crops and animals.
DeleteDoes anyone have more reasons to not use selective breeding?
Leary, Catie. “The Ethics of Cuteness: A Closer Look at 12 Trendy Cat Mutations.” MNN - Mother Nature Network, Narrative Content Group, 2019, www.mnn.com/family/pets/blogs/ethics-cuteness-closer-look-12-trendy-cat-mutations.
ReplyDeleteThis article specifically talks about selective breeding in cats and the consequences that come along with it. In domestic cats, humans intentionally breed cats with mutated traits that people find appealing. For example, Persians have been bred over time to have flat faces. This comes with the price of many health conditions. Because Persians have been bred to have unique skull structures, they have been known to have respiratory problems, as well as difficulties at birth, and eye infections. Additionally, the life expectancy of a Persian is significantly lower than that of other cats.
Tell me why it is or is not okay for humans to selectively breed organisms. Remember that humans have been doing this for centuries with crops and livestock.
As humans selectively breed organisms, the same question has been asked multiple times. Looking from the selfish, unconcerned perspective, one can say that yes, it is okay. I would say it is okay to continuously tamper with one species to let humans reap its benefits when a positive outcome appears, but I don't look through that telescope. While it gives humans large benefits, it doesn't excuse the fact that, due to selectively breeding, species of many organisms have gone extinct. It doesn't excuse the fact that many species of animals have gone through change that led to undesirable, unneeded traits as well as problematic genetic change.
DeleteWhat do you think would be the most effective selectively bred species that would affect both humans and many ecosystems in a positive way?
Selective breeding can be beneficial, but the results can also be unpleasant. You can use selective breeding to make more crops, and these crops can resist things like, certain diseases, animals, insects, or anything that can be harmful to it. It can also allow a higher profit. But, there are also some disadvantages when it comes to selective breeding. Doing these things can also affect the environment around it too. For example, if you breed a plant that takes up more water than the other plants around it, the other plants would shrivel up and die. So, if you had the choice to breed a plant or an animal would you?
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Ayres, Crystal. “16 Main Advantages and Disadvantages of Selective Breeding.” Green Garage, 22 July 2015, greengarageblog.org/16-main-advantages-and-disadvantages-of-selective-breeding.
Yes, I would breed a plant or animal. Due to the simple fact that I could breed a plant or animal to my advantage. Say for instance I was a farmer. I could breed a crop that doesn’t use as much water. Or if I was a zoologist and a certain animal was going instinct I could take traits from that animal and breed it into a similar animal. Let me ask you this, if you had to chose to breed a plant or animal which one would you chose? Why?
DeleteOf course I would breed a plant or an animal if I had the choice because why not. there are many benefits to breeding your own animals or plants. If I wanted to own lots of animals but I could not care for all its needs I could modify its traits so that I could still have them but have to care for them as much. If I wanted to own exotic plants that would not normally be able to survive where I live, I could breed that plant so it could live in the conditions of where I live. If you could, what animals and plants would you artificially breed?
DeleteI have researched and realized that no matter how cool or awesome animals mixes and hybrids are they are not ok. I have learned that when crossing genes a phenotype can "double muscle" which is a series of mutations that render the gene inactive, and therefore, unable to regulate muscle fibre deposition. According to online library "Phylogenetic analysis has shown that there has been positive selection pressure for non‐synonymous mutations within the myostatin gene family, around the time of the divergence of cattle, sheep and goats, and these positive selective pressures on non‐ancestral myostatin are relatively recent." Also up to present day there have been reports of nine mutations in coding regions of myostatin that cause non‐synonymous changes. This means that there are mutations in the myostatin that aren't making the same phenotype but instead something different(a hybrid). In conclusion select breeding make look cool or great, but really it is hurting our animal community.
ReplyDeleteBellinge, R. H. S., et al. “Myostatin and Its Implications on Animal Breeding: a Review.” The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, Wiley-Blackwell, 21 Jan. 2005, onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1365-2052.2004.01229.x.
Question: If selective breeding is as bad as the world says it is then why havn't they done anything about it?, and why is it bad but many continue to do it with no consequence.
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People use selective breeding to combine two organisms and create a new breed. Selective breeding does not come naturally. People select one organism to match with another, and breed them to create a mixture of both. This is used to create animals with more meat/wool, animals that can do specific functions that could not originally, and more specific functions. Problems with it are that it could cause more infectious disease or cause weaknesses to the animal, instead of strengths.
Question: How far can selective breeding go? Are there organisms that are not able to breed?
DeleteAccording to MinuteEarth, certain hybrid animals including ligers( lion & tigers) and mules (horse & donkey) can not breed since there parents chromosomes don't match up.
DeleteAlso, selective breeding is in fact natural. There is no editing in DNA or genes.
Selective breeding is the process used by people to make organisms have the best qualities. In selective breeding, people use two organisms with beneficial traits and breed them together. Then, their offspring will have both of the really good traits. This can be used to make better food, crops resistant to pesticides, and bigger animals for more meat. As the author said, selective breeding is also known as “artificial selection.” One example of selective breeding used in early times is dog breeding. Scientists say that dogs evolved from wild gray wolves. Using selective breeding, people made different types of dogs that are better at different things.
ReplyDeleteSelective breeding is very helpful and useful. It can be used to make the best organisms with the best qualities. It can be very helpful to humans because you can make better tastier food, and don’t have to use a lot of pesticide because you can breed plants resistant to pesticides. There are so many pros, so why wouldn’t you use selective breeding?
Carol, Max. “What Is Selective Breeding?” TreeHugger, Treehugger, 11 Oct. 2018, www.treehugger.com/natural-sciences/what-selective-breeding.html.
With all the pro's and con's there is no guaranteed way that the organism would be good or bad. What I mean by this is that an animal may be great at what its intended to do, but it still is going to have genetic flaws and be unsafe for the animal. An example of this is a golden retriever, they are great at going to get your ball or stick , but they have many genetic flaws. For example they are prone but are not limited to hip dyspepsia, Skin Conditions, Chest Conditions, cancer, and many more. So in conclusion in is really terrible what an animal might have to grow through just because of a human trying to make some cash selling a cool looking animal, but really it is just dying on the inside with plenty of genetic flaws that no matter what will be there.
DeleteQuestion: With that being known is is still worth it to use selective breeding with animals? And if so who would it impact the most, the world or animals?
I agree that there some cons to selective breeding but the pro's outnumber the cons. I want to reply to some of your statements but "dying on the inside" makes me ponder. Perhaps you mean that it is genetically flawed but I don't think it is "dying on the inside" One of the pro's for selective breeding is that you can remove Genetic diseases so that they feel that they are not "dying on the inside" Also, thousands of years ago corn used to be only 19 mm but, now through selective breeding we have corn that is very large and can feed families.
DeleteWhy is it wrong to not selective breed?
It can be wrong to not selective breed since selective breeding can be used to get rid of various genetic diseases. However selective breeding can also lead to closed gene pools and many other problems, so while it is not wrong to selectively breed to create better foods to support the growing population and to eliminate various diseases, selectively breeding animals just for their looks and for them to be "Purebred" is very wrong. Purebred dogs can have many physical disabilities and problems due to being bred with their close relatives and such, creating closed gene pools, and physical defects.
DeleteWhat is your opinion on the pure breeding of dogs?
This source talks about chickens being bred, selectively. Though this is done with positive intentions, many negative outcomes trail behind. To start out positively, this selective breeding would enhance the customer’s of the chickens experience, with larger eggs, and healthier meat. This was done primarily by taking a chicken with a desirable trait and mating it with normal chicken, to produce an offspring that perhaps has the same desirable quality. This was good, however, there is also a bad side to this. For example, a negative result will be a 286-lb 6-year old chicken, that can easily die. This is unhealthy for the animals, and when selectively breeding organisms, their well-being also has to be considered. Aside from a chicken, if there was one animal that was being selectively bred for the worse, which one would you save, and why?
ReplyDeleteMcCarthy, Michael. “The Growing Pains of a Selectively Bred Chicken.” Independent, 10 Dec. 2001, 1:00, www.independent.co.uk/environment/the-growing-pains-of-a-selectively-bred-chicken-5363141.html.
If an option came to me to choose an animal being selectively bred only to come out with medical problems, I would choose to stop the active artificially breeding of dogs. Starting from the common ancestor, Canis Lupis, dogs have been bred togther for thousands of years. As the number of species of dogs grew, so have the medical problems associated with that breed. Pugs have been known to have breathing problems, Labradors experience hip dysphagia, and Great Danes go through heart problems. To stop more medical problems within dogs but still have them as loyal animals to most people, I would choose to stop selectively breeding these animals.
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ReplyDeleteSelective breeding is a process by which humans actively choose traits that are to be passed onto the next generation. Selective breeding is often done to create a finer, better version of food that humans either consume or use for constructive purposes. However, over the course of thousands of years, the artificial breeding of domesticated animals have been done for the sole purpose of one's profit or enjoyment. Starting from the common ancestor, the grey wolf, Canis Lupus, the breeding of dogs has been done to further develop their docile traits. As that tampering actively continues on with different species of dogs, the animals have started sporting genetic problems. For example, pugs that are bred for certain traits started developing breathing problems. Other pure breeds have also began suffering from tampering. Labradors experience hip dysphagia. Great Danes go through heart problems. The problem has been noticed, but significant progress to reduce the problems within these dogs has not appeared. Dogs, and other domesticated animals, continue to suffer purely because the human race use them for a way to gain profit or entertainment.
With humans actively breeding other species of animals and other organisms for our own benefit, should we have the right to tamper with our own species to make our genetics a better fit for the environment?
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ReplyDeleteSelective breeding is a process by which humans actively choose traits that are to be passed onto the next generation. This source specifically talks about the pros and cons of selective breeding. One of the pros of selective breeding is that it allows for a higher profit. Selective breeding allows the encouragement of plant and animal characteristics that are way more beneficial to farmers. For example, if they have selectively bred cows these livestock can produce more milk than those typically bred, and this gene can passed down to their offspring. Although selective breeding may be somewhat good, it can also have a negative impact. For example, it brings discomfort to the animals being bred. Breeders who are wanting to formulate particular animal traits might accidentally reproduce characteristics that are damaging to animal health. For instance, cows are only able to produce large amounts of milk if they have large udders. So, we can just think that such a product of selective breeding may find it its udders heavy, causing it discomfort.
ReplyDeleteWhy is it okay or not okay to selectively breed organisms?
Ayres, Crystal. “16 Main Advantages and Disadvantages of Selective Breeding.” Green Garage, 22 July 2015, greengarageblog.org/16-main-advantages-and-disadvantages-of-selective-breeding.
It can enforce the "everyone should be perfect" belief and concept, even though we should all be happy with who we are naturally.
DeleteShould this process still be used?
DeleteWhile we should all be happy with ourselves. Some people aren't and they should have the option to change themselves. Concept or reality?
DeleteIt is not ok to selectively breed animals because of how plants and animals can be negatively affected. There would be a lack of genetic diversity the animals and plants could become sick due to environmental problems, and animals who are subject of selective breeding may suffer to.
DeleteIs selective breeding morally wrong if there is a chance the animals will suffer?
It is okay because it benefits us in many ways. It is perfectly fine when we selectively breed organisms such as animals because then they provide proper and clean resources/food for us. No matter how much they affect us and animals positively, do you think they affect plants negatively? Why?
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Selective breeding is acceptable if done carefully. If you use selective breeding to make certain crops or animals become better, it is alright. Selective breeding is acceptable when you take an organism and breed it with another. This way you can have crops or animals become bigger and better. A problem with selective breeding is only when you do too much selective breeding, you get rid of the previous breed. This could lead to the organism getting a virus, and then you won’t be able to change back. Is there a way you can revert an already modified organism back to its original state?
Selective breeding is used to create species with traits that are passed down from the organisms that produced it. For example, if someone crosses a maltese with a poodle, it makes a new species called a Maltipoo. This is both beneficial and harmful in many ways. It is beneficial because it allows for higher profit, eliminates disease, and it can produce animals that are stronger and have special traits. Selective breeding can also cause harmful effects. If you breed two types of animals, there is a chance that the animal could be born with heart problems depending on the different characteristics of the animals, it can lead to loss of species variety, and it can cause environmental issues. Is having unique breeds of animals worth causing health and environmental problems as a result? Why?
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Yes, having a unique breed of pet can be worth it. I think that it is worth it due to the fact that most animals are breaded to help humans. In your example, the maltipoo is a non allergic pet, although this pet may have other problems down the line. It’s first intent was to be non allergic. These problems can be avoided or treated. So, if could prevent these problems, would you? Why?
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ReplyDeleteSelective breeding, also known as artificial selection, is a process used by humans to develop new organisms with desirable characteristics. An example of this is corn, which has been selectively bred through farmers only selecting the biggest and most tastiest plants.This process allowed Mexicans to develop corn very quickly, as small changes in the plant's genetic makeup had dramatic effects on the grain's taste and size. This shows that selective breeding is good. So, would you eat a plant that has been selectively bred or not selectively bred?
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Mehul, it's great that you thought of this, I think it would be a great idea if we did eat selectively bred plants. If we did this people who eat salads could get more and more nutrients they need just with a few leaves by increasing the vitamin levels. Also to pleas people who are vegetarians or people who want to cut down on meat we could raise protein levels to make it basically like meat, and still eat a healthy salad or smoothie. Also, with these protein plants we will be able to cut back on many animal deaths and sacrifices for our wildlife. In conclusion there are many great innovations in what you can do with this idea.
DeleteQuestion: If we did this with our plants then what would happen to our leading meat business if it make any difference at all? Or what would we do with all of the excess animals we have maybe fur coats?
Selective Breeding can be good or bad because you can breed choose the the two good things you want and exclude bad diseases so you can have the best animal or plant. However with genetic engineering we can create “perfect animals” however some of them receive genetic disorders like ear infections in those dogs with huge ears. We can also get a animal that people think is best and create it.
ReplyDeleteBut the question is what would happen if we genetically engineered humans to create “better humans.”
Carol, Max. “What Is Selective Breeding?” TreeHugger, Treehugger, 11 Oct. 2018, www.treehugger.com/natural-sciences/what-selective-breeding.html.
Selective breeding, also known as artificial selection, is a process used by humans to develop new organisms with characteristics of your choice. Selective breeding can be used to create bigger animals or animals that combine traits from another animal. the earliest example of selective breeding is the domestic dog. Long ago, you would not just find dogs that were trained and owned by people. Later, people learned to breed dogs and use them for useful purposes.
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Question: If you could selectively breed your own animal would you? Why or why not.
DeleteThere are many advantages and disadvantages when we talk about the topic of selective breeding.
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Selective breeding creates different varieties of good crops. Selective breeding also allows characteristics of plant and animal that is beneficial to farmers. Another pro is that a farmer's profit can increase with the results from more production. However, this breeding can cause environmental risks.If you think about it, this can discomfort animals. Lastly, there are high possibilities that random genetic mutations can happen. This can decrease the crops' effectiveness. How would you use selective breeding thinking of the perspective of a farmer?
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Ayres, Crystal. “16 Main Advantages and Disadvantages of Selective Breeding.” Green Garage, 22 July 2015, greengarageblog.org/16-main-advantages-and-disadvantages-of-selective-breeding. Accessed 27 Feb. 2019.
Well Kari, if I was a farmer I would use selective breeding to make animals that would benefit my farm. I would breed dogs to give me company. Simply trying to breed plants to combine desired traits is an important part of bringing about crops that yield more, stand better, or resist pests and disease more effectively. I would breed more livestock like cows to gain milk and meat. as a farmer, what animals would you selectively breed for your farm?
DeleteAccording to GreenGarage, there are more advantages of selective breeding than disadvantages. A couple advantages are that it allows for higher profit and it creates new varieties of crops. A couple disadvantages are that it brings discomfort to animals and it could create genetic depression. Do you also think there are more advantages than disadvantages?
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Anastatia, I personally beleive there are more disadvantages than advantages based on selective breeding. I think it makes people think there is a strong need for someone to be the "perfect" type of something. Do you still beleive now there are more advantages?
DeleteSelective breeding means choosing the plants or animals with traits we want and breeding them together to make a better animal or plant. Selective breeding is an advantage for making sources of food and making animals better for work. When selective breeding for one characteristic though it means that other characteristics are lost. With no genetic diversity the plants and animals can all become sick or fall due to an environmental influence that negatively affects their health.
ReplyDeleteShould we still selective breed animals even if it can negatively affect the species?
Markgraf, Bert. “Advantages & Disadvantages of Selective Breedings.” Sciencing.com, Sciencing, 10 Jan. 2019, sciencing.com/advantages-disadvantages-selective-breedings-8132953.html.
There are multiple pros and cons to selective breeding that have been addressed in my selected source. Selective breeding increases the chance of a higher profit from produce and agricultural products. One disadvantage is the possibility of uncontrolled genetic mutation. Selective breeding is also beneficial because it can lessen the chances or fully eliminate disease in plants and animals, which makes controlling the growth and population of crops and livestock easier since any offspring would come from a healthy parent. So should we continue to use selective breeding? Why?
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ReplyDeleteSelective breeding increases the efficiency of the plants and animals we breed. For example, milk yield from cows increases when we breed selected cows with one another to make a hybrid. These hybrids can show what we consider desirable traits (fast metabolism, resistance to disease, fast growth, higher yield, etc.). However, many of the new breeds rely on human activities. They need more fossil fuels, artificial fertilizers, irrigation, pesticides and herbicides. The quality of life for these domesticated animals also alters. Is the negative impact on the environment and the poor quality of life for the domesticated animals worth the benefits? Why?
ReplyDeleteOstrander , Elaine A. “Selective Breeding.” Polar and Non-Polar Molecules, 2007, www2.nau.edu/~gaud/bio301/content/selbrd.htm.
The negative impact on the environment and poor quality of life for the domesticated animal are not worth it. Selective breeding is not just used for livestock to eat. People selective breed dogs and cats to get the perfect pet when it isn’t needed. Many animals that are subject of selective breeding live in discomfort because of how they were bred.
DeleteShould we stop selectively breeding pets like cats and dogs?
With selective breeding any person who works in agriculture can start selective breeding whenever he wants. It is a way for him to naturally earn more income each year as he can breed specific characteristics into animals and plants to make them produce more over generations in the future, which is good for business. And since it is free, he just needs to be well-equipped and knowledgeable of the process to get the best outcome. Do you think that doing selective breeding for years was a good thing?
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No I don,t think selective breeding was a god thing because what if those animals got out and mated with other animals. The natural genes plus the genes of the other animals it might not be good
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ReplyDeleteSelective Breeding has both advantages and disadvantages. Selective breeding can bring stringer animals, and animals can be bred for higher yields of milk, eggs and meat and other thing humans use to eat. This is ultimately saying that we can have higher supplies of meat. But if these animals get out into the wild they can breed with other organisms. This can create new species that could compete with other natural organisms for food and other things that are necessary for survival.
ReplyDeleteKhalid, Eman. “Is Selective Breeding Good or Bad?” Prezi.com, 2 Nov. 2014, prezi.com/vmsrh1liji48/is-selective-breeding-good-or-bad/.
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DeleteWould you still want selective breeding after knowing what could go wrong.
DeleteOn the day of April 1st, in 2009, Scientists at Cornell university managed to crossbreed a cat and a dog. The animal was named Kotpies from the polish word "Catdog." This feat is said to have been the result of 15 years of hard work. ALong with this, we have to ask ourselves at what point do we stop?
ReplyDeleteNichols, Karen. “Cornell's Genetic Breakthrough Produces Cat-Dog Hybrid.” Catster, 1 Apr. 2009, www.catster.com/the-scoop/cornells-genetic-breakthrough-produces-cat-dog-hybrid.
Selective breeding is when you hereditarily encourage beneficial characteristics on both animals and plants. Some pros when having selective breeding is that it can create new varieties of good crops in other words, it will be able to produce higher amounts of crops. Some cons, is that it can lead to loss of species variety and it brings about discomfort to animals. So, do you think we should still use selective breeding after all of these cons if? Why or Why not?
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Selective breeding is used to modify organisms and is used in cows. Some developments that we’ve seen in cows are increased size and muscle mass, increased udder size and milk production, and increased fat and protein content. An example of a selectively bred cow would be the Belgian Blue beef cattle in Belgian. This breed of cow has an ultra-muscular physique, which is an inherited phenotype that results in very lean meat. This cow is selectively bred for this beef.
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“SELECTIVE BREEDING - COWS.” BIOCHEMISTRY / PHOTOSYNTHESIS -STAGES - Pathwayz, www.pathwayz.org/Tree/Plain/SELECTIVE+BREEDING+-+COWS.
No, I don't think we should selectivley breed humans because it makes a "perfect" image for people that somene or something has to look this way or have these characteristics. If we discontinued selectivley breeding, do you think it would make a positive impact?
DeleteNo, if we were to selectively breed humans we could cause unknown results that could result in a new and more deadly decease or other problems. What other outcomes would occur if we selectively bread humans.
DeleteNo, I do not think we should selectively breed other humans because some problems could carry on with other generations of humans that others do not have. If we were to selectively breed humans, what impact would it have on our environment and ecosystem?
DeleteOver 9000 years fruits and vegetables have been changed through selective breeding. Corn, which used to be tiny and not very enjoyable to eat, is now relatively sweet, and about 7 inches long. The watermelon, which used to be 50 mm in length, and bitter-tasting, is now large, sweet, and exists around the world. Peaches, which used to be small and tasted “earthy, sweet, sour, and salty” is now medium-sized, sweet, and juicy.
ReplyDeleteHow has selective breeding impacted the culinary arts?
Plumer, Brad. “Here's What 9,000 Years of Breeding Has Done to Corn, Peaches, and Other Crops.” Vox.com, Vox Media, 12 May 2016, www.vox.com/2014/10/15/6982053/selective-breeding-farming-evolution-corn-watermelon-peaches.
Humans love to eat. We want fresh food that tastes good. Chefs know first hand what people want to eat. That is why Lane Selman, an agricultural researcher at Oregon State University “founded the Culinary Breeding Network, which brings chefs, plant breeders, and farmers together to support organic plant-breeding efforts. The group’s most successful program is an annual event called the Variety Showcase, in which breeders pair up with Portland chefs to show off the new varieties of produce they’re developing.” It’s safe to say selective breeding has played a major role in the culinary arts.
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An advantage of doing selective breeding with GMO’s is that it does not have any issues with safety and it helps prevent disease. With this farming technique, it allows the natural evolutionary process to happen. It also also grows faster the more we tweak it. However, the actual DNA is not being genetically modified. It also eliminated animal and plant diseases. Pre-scanning a specific disease allows farmers to control them. If we continue, this can lead to all animal and plant diseases to be wiped out.
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Selective breeding in dogs is often to try to have purebred puppies, fix/remove specific traits, or reinforce specific skills in the puppies. Selective breeding can have some advantages since it can create dogs that are specialized to perform specific tasks such as hunting dogs. Selective breeding can also removes undesirable traits in dogs such as bad tempers and physical disabilities. Disadvantages are passing on various diseases, closed gene pools and inbreeding. Closed gene pools cause dogs to be unable to expand the diversity of their gene pools, and only be able to reduce it. Inbreeding is when dogs are mated with their close relatives to ensure purebred puppies. Inbreeding causes dogs to pass on diseases.
ReplyDeleteShould we continue to breed purebred dogs or just let them naturally breed?
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“What Does Selective Breeding In Dogs Mean?” Breeding Business , Lazhar Limited , 7 July 2017.
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DeleteThough you say that selective breeding isn't that natural, it is. There is no change to DNA, so dog selective breeding is completely natural. We do have control over the puppies physical properties, but that doesn't change the fact that it is natural.
DeleteIt might be bad to do, since it can cause diseases to pass on, but we are not harming it ourselves, it matters on what diseases the dog's parents passed on.
Sometimes it's bad, sometimes it's good. To be on the safe side, it is best not to do it. My question is, "Would you take the chances in selective breeding?"
Satvik, I think you mean natural selection. Natural selection only becomes selective breeding when humans intervene. Therefore, selective breeding is not natural. To answer your question, If you wanted to selectively breed a plant to have more yields, then I would say we should take the chance. But it really depends on the person and their opinion. Should humans continue to intervene or should we stop playing "God" and let nature take its course? Why?
DeleteI think we should let them breed naturally so that they don't have any of the great disadvantages as purebred dogs. These results could be catastrophic and seriously hurt the adorable pets that we love. What unforeseen outcomes could purebred dogs have.
DeleteSelective Breeding is similar to genetic engineering when it comes to the pro side. Just as genetic engineering, selective breeding helps eliminates diseases. Another pro is that it does not have an issue with safety. There are also cons to selective breeding. The first con is that it does not have control over genetic mutation. What this means is that it can not have control over bad traits. The second con is that it brings discomfort to many animals. Breeders who are wanting to formulate particular animal traits might accidentally reproduce characteristics that are damaging to animal health. For instance, cows are only able to produce large amounts of milk if they have large udders. So, we can just think that such a product of selective breeding may find it its udders heavy, causing it discomfort.
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Selective breeding is a process where plants and animals are bred for particular desirable genetic characteristics so that they are beneficial in some way to humans. This artificial process does indeed have many benefits, but it can also carry some risks. Crop breeders have an important job - feeding people! They are faced with the challenge of developing crops that are more productive and more nutritious. Farmers need to make the most of their cropland in order to succeed at their task. For example, selective breeding can be beneficial in that crops can be bred to resist disease, or perhaps be more resilient to the elements/weather. Breeders can cut out, add in, or otherwise “edit” genes so a crop can be more productive and improve the quality of the harvest.
ReplyDeleteThis risks of selective breeding could possibly change the evolution of the species. An example might be a crop that was bred to consume a certain amount of water. If this particular crop consumes a lot of water, what happens to other crops/plants in the area? They would dry out, and die taking away food or possible shelter for birds, bees, and other insects.
Selective breeding is a pretty neat idea/process. But do you think there is a moral issue with humans creating predetermined species for our own benefit? Plants, animals….maybe selective breeding humans is next.
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“Crop Breeding.” Crop Society of America.
https://www.crops.org/about-crop-science/crop-breeding
Ayres, Crystal. “16 Main Advantages and Disadvantages of Selective Breeding.” Green Garage, 22 July 2015, greengarageblog.org/16-main-advantages-and-disadvantages-of-selective-breeding.
To start of with, selective breeding has no gene editing involved, so there is no genetic modifications. It is simply finding 2 perfect parents to get a perfect child. The problem with this is that the natural systems, like the food chain, are meant to be balanced. If an animal has been breeded to be a stronger version of itself, it may mess up the food chain, or any other system.
DeleteIs it worth the risk to breed higher-ability creatures?
I do not think it is worth the risk to breed higher-ability creatures and attempt to mess with nature. Some species become immune to certain diseases and overrun other species. What are the impacts in the ecosystem if these animals overrun other species?
DeleteSelective breeding can make better food. It can also eliminate diseases. Selective breeding is also natural, as there is no change in DNA, and they also (in the case of animals) make stronger creatures. The cons of of selective breeding can include, a loss of species variety, or the chance of genetic mutations that we have no control of, traits could be lost, and most importantly would change the course of evolution.
ReplyDeleteWould it be better if there was no such thing as Selective breeding?
Ayres, Crystal. “16 Main Advantages and Disadvantages of Selective Breeding.” Green Garage, 22 July 2015, greengarageblog.org/16-main-advantages-and-disadvantages-of-selective-breeding
It may be better but may not, because yes we could stop this but then many animals or people would die because we were built on GMO's over many years in the past and if we stopped we may not continue to be able to feed everyone and many people would die. If we never started then yes it could be better because then we could survive because there wouldn't be as much people in the world to feed. But since we have been using GMO's so much there are a lot of people in the world and if we stopped a lot of people would die because we don't have enough food.
DeleteShould we Selective breed every animal or should we just let nature do it's thing?
Plants and animals that are being selectively breeded creates a variety of new breeds and crops. It also makes sure not to violate any safety issues there might be, unlike GMOs since it uses the natural evolutionary process to its advantage. However, this might eliminate certain types of breeds. To enhance farm yields, certain breeds will be compromised. Selective breeds are also no match for genetic mutations. While they might be able to keep the good traits, it can do nothing against bad traits. Is selective breeding worth it? Should it still be used? If so, how?
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Selective breeding should be used, as it can help provide bigger and more nutritious foods for the growing population, and can also eliminate various diseases. However selective breeding should not be used to the extent it is on some domestic animals, such as dogs, as it can cause many mental and physical defects.
DeleteWhat are some advantages to selectively breeding plants?
Through selective breeding animals and plants are both are selected in having the most pronounced desirable characteristics. When this process repeats the descendants of the selective breading parents and several generations down, these characteristics are developed more throughout. Advantages of selective breeding in plants are given, these can be the increase of the yield and the quality of the harvest. Take corn as an example, through selective breading corn has increased in size of the kernels, new types of products are produced (abundance of food). In animals selective breading, has turned food animals like pigs and turkeys bigger, tender, and a faster in growth rate. Work animals are bred for specific tasks such as horses and dogs, while others are bred for decorative or attractive characteristics. However, problems with selective breeding have come across, such as lost in characteristics, many animals as well as plants can all become sick together (“fall victim to an environmental influence that affects their health.”), the population developed can be completely wiped out. Selective breeding in dog breeds has shown physical problems such as having weak spines, shortened lifespan, and breathing problems.
ReplyDeleteIn your opinion, would we continue with selective breeding?
Markgraf, Bert. “Advantages & Disadvantages of Selective Breedings.” Sciencing.com, Sciencing, 10 Jan. 2019, sciencing.com/
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The main objective of selective breeding is to create enhanced farm fields or items, which ultimately means that species variety is going to be compromised for the sake of a higher level of productivity and may lead to limited opportunities for the continuance of the evolutionary expansion in the future from the reason that only positive traits would remain.Usually, this method of farming requires in-breeding of animals and plants, which can be the cause of genetic variety to decrease. And as this would happen, living organisms may express the same vulnerability to certain pathogens. If it happens that a group of animals or plants with the same genetic traits are attacked by a particular pathogen, their entire population would certainly suffer. This is the main reason why meticulous analysis and monitoring are needed in order to assess if selective breeding is risky for certain types of diseases.So necessarily we shouldn't continue with selective breeding because if we continue to go to far with the breeding the animals could die and not be able to have enough food sources.
DeleteMaking animals bigger and better are not worth it if they are unhealthy and have disorders. Even if we are thriving off these bigger and "more tender" animals, the animals being unwillingly breeded together are putting their life at risk. If these animals strt dying off quicker and have diseases in them that dont allow them to function right, this will cause the ecosystem to become unbalanced. This is the same way for plants, also. They could carry harmful disease that could soon also hurt us humans.
ReplyDeleteSo, is making animals bigger leading to an unbalanced, or unhealthy ecosystem?
it could lead to an unbalanced, or unhealthy ecosystem because the bigger animal my eat more and lead to other animals to starve and die out. Or they could become the food source and feed other animals. What would happen if animals got to small?
DeleteYour question is not quite clear. A better way to ask it is, Are the selectively breed organisms having a negative effect on the ecosystems causing the ecosystem to be unbalanced or unhealthy?
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ReplyDeleteWhen working on a farm, it’s very important to be efficient, one way farmers control their production is by selective breeding. Based On the Source, Selective breeding has many pro’s and con’s. A few examples of how it can have a positive effect on the farm is because it requires no company patent, allows higher profit, and helps eliminate diseases. Selective Breeding isn’t always the best choice, there are many ways were it can effect the farm in a negative way. For example, it can lead to a loss of a variety of species, could create genetic depression, and could cause some environmental risks.
If you were a farmer would you choose selective breeding for your animals and farm?
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If I was a farmer, I would use selective breeding. Selective breeding is beneficial because it allows farmers to have a variety of crops. Selective breeding can also help the animals on the farm. Farmers can modify the nutrients in the crops, and provide them them to the animals. A problem a farmer could have with this is that the offspring could have different traits. This could be a problem if you are trying to make look alike plants. Could we be modifying things without knowing?
Selective breeding is good when it comes to pigs. Pigs used to have horns which was dangerous for farmers. Farmers also breed out most of the fur off the pigs and they made them fatter. Selective breeding helps keep farmers safe. What would happen if farmers stopped breeding away dangerous traits.
ReplyDeleteShannon, Harry. “Selectively Bred Pigs.” Prezi.com, 15 May 2014, prezi.com/yuyimev4vflt/selectively-bred-pigs/.
Selective breeding might be able to hasten the good traits of the evolutionary process, but it can do nothing when it comes to the bad traits. The method will not able to control the creation of genes that might be inherited by the offspring. Taking this theory into consideration, error in the process would be evident, which may affect the organism that is undergoing the selective breeding process. Also, there is high possibility that random genetic mutations happen, which may automatically decrease the effectiveness of the crops that are being grown because most mutations do not provide any benefits.
DeleteIf farmers began to stop breeding the safe animals they may become aggressive and attack the farmers. Or it may stay safe just they would have more to provide. What if we used boar’s instead of pigs?
DeleteSelective Breeding is used by humans to develop a specific phenotypic trait. Most people think that this is harmless but there are as many negative things as there are positive. One of the biggest issues it can lead to is loss of species variety. This means that this may limit the opportunities of the positive traits being present in the future. Most farming methods require breeding animals and sometimes plants. This can cause the variety to decrease. What do you think would happen if farmers change their way of farming?
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ReplyDeleteAlso known as artificial selection, selective breeding is a process that us humans use to develop new organisms with desirable traits. Two parents with beneficial phenotypic traits are selected by breeders to reproduce offspring with said traits of desire. They also use it on animals that are used for meat to make them larger. Not only is it used in animals, but selective breeding is also used to make fruits and vegetables tastier and resistant to pests. The earliest example of artificial selection is in dogs. Wild gray wolves were domesticated and through selective breeding evolved into hundreds of different breeds. Humans would domesticate dogs to make them have specific traits that are suitable for a specific task such as hunting or shepherding. Almost each and every vegetable that is consumed today has gone through the process of artificial selection. Many different vegetables have actually been derived from the same plant. For example, broccoli was developed from the wild cabbage plant that had suppressed flower development. In fact, a lot of the plants and animals that we have today wouldn’t exist if it weren’t for selective breeding. This process can still have its negatives though. If a breeder isn’t careful, they could make organisms susceptible to diseases or environmental changes. So how could we make selective breeding safer?
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Yes, there is a way to make selective breeding safer. One way I know of to do this is use genetically modified organisms to selectively breed. This could insure that the organisms would be able to reproduce with each other. This could also take a lot less time because natural breeding is very time consuming. Finally using GMO's to cross breed could also create great new species such as a cow that can give milk and lay eggs. So at the moment are these types of things possible?
DeleteSelective breeding is the process in which animals or plants are chosen to breed offspring that have specific characteristics/traits. Selective breeding has pros and cons. Some pros of selective breeding are that it can lead to more agricultural products or a superior breed and get rid or diseases in animals and plants. What are some of the cons of selective breeding?
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Dairy cows in selective breeding only for milk and now produces 20,000 pounds of milk. But now cows can only survive after 1 to 2 lactation in earlier years, cows able to 10 to 20 times survive after lactation. In addition, selective breeding caused cows to develop mammary gland infections and cant reproduce well. Would you use selective breeding at the coast of injures?
ReplyDeleteGupta, Sujata. “Building a Better Pig.” Pacific Standard, Pacific Standard, 1 July 2014, psmag.com/economics/breeding-domestication-animals-farm-building-a-better-pig-84859.
No, I do not agree that selective breeding should be legal or even used. I feel like it was fine at first, but now we have enough varieties of breeds. Now more and more mutations come around negatively with animals who breed like this. If you were an animal, how would you feel breeding?
DeleteSelective breeding is not a good idea because breeding different species can change the evolution of the species and can risk losing other traits that can be hard to get back. If transgenic pollen pollinates wild plants, it might make it impossible kill weeds. If transgenic animals breed with wild animals, the offspring may compete with natural organisms and threaten survival. An uncontrollable species might be created. Is it possible for scientists to control these new species?
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I don’t think that scientists could control it pretty soon. While they focus on curing one species, there could be another mutation that pops up in the next and so on. What would happen if they try to breed two different organisms that are total opposites? How will this affect their future and other ones to come?
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ReplyDeleteSelective breeding can affect plants and animals . Plants are genetically modified to produce more fruits and vegetables, make fruits that are seedless, and etc. Animals are usually put together to make bigger animals for more beef, pork, and more. selective breeding could also affect the passivity of an animals, such as back then when you tried to catch a boar, the boar would attack. In today's modern times boars can be replaced as pigs and bulls can be replaced for cows. The genetic improvements when selective breed does happen stays in the animal and is passed down to their future children. This also can make animals to go e in many ways since we are focusing on breeding the stronger bigger animals instead of the smaller or more aggressive ones. Selective breeding can also mix different types of animals such as lions and tigers which make Ligers this type of crossbreeding, I believe that crossbreeding ' very inhumane and while most people think the same thing. People don't talk about how a mule is a crossbreed between a donkey and a horse. So the question remains the same, is crossbreeding humane?
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ReplyDeleteSelective breeding, is the selection of organisms to breed a desired criteria such as fat, strength, weight, speed, color etc. The new organism is called a “hybrid.” Careful notice is taken for the genes to be homozygous. But many times, other random genes that are in the organism are homozygous. Usually these genes create faults in the organism, which are not wanted. When has selective breeding gone too far?
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Selective breeding is a very good thing for farmers, and anyone in general who wants to grow things. A few of these advantages are bigger varieties of plants and animals, selective breeding improves plants and animals, breeded plants and animals can build up a resistance to pests and diseases, and much more. But there are some consequences too. Some of them include changes that can harm the earth, selective breeding can affect more than the desired target, and it can cause a lack of variation in generations.
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Selective Breeding is really good due to many things. One good thing is that it can help eliminate diseases by not using the diseased ones. Also, by breeding plants in a an area previously inhabitable, we can use this for further research on other exoplanets.This should also be good as farmers can produce animals that are better suited to survive in marginal conditions or poor climates, preserving human food supplies and saving life. But, with making other specious die, it is limiting the amount of specious.
ReplyDeleteSelective breeding also known as artificial selection, is a process used by humans to develop new organisms with certain characteristics. Breeders select two parents that have beneficial phenotypic traits to reproduce, yielding offspring with those desired traits. The main objective of selective breeding is to create enhanced farm yields or items, which ultimately means that species variety is going to be smaller for the sake of a higher level of productivity and may lead to limited opportunities for the continuance of the evolutionary expansion in the future from the reason that only positive traits would remain.Using selective breeding in farming can be very dangerous because if you have a bunch of the same variety and they all catch a certain pathogen that is dangerous.This could take a major toll on the population of the species and cause many to fall ill. Is the side effects really worth the productivity?
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