artificial selection

English

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

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

intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals

Armenian: արհեստական ընտրություն (arhestakan əntrutʿyun)
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 f
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