Explain how observing artificial selection provides an inference for natural selection

What will be an ideal response?


ANSWER: The two processes are analogous, in that individuals with desirable or survival-enhancing
traits are selected – either by humans or by nature – to reproduce and pass their
characteristics on to the next generation.

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