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Oct 19, 2023 · Artificial selection is the identification by humans of desirable traits in plants and animals, and the steps taken to enhance and perpetuate those traits in future generations.
Apr 9, 2021 · We define digital intervention techniques as BCTs or behavior change methods that target lifestyle behaviors and are implemented in digital systems (eg, web, mobile, or wearable systems).
- Chao Zhang, Daniël Lakens, Wijnand A IJsselsteijn
- 10.2196/17127
- 2021
- J Med Internet Res. 2021 Apr; 23(4): e17127.
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Renowned scientist Charles Darwinis credited with coining the term artificial selection in his book "On the Origin of Species," which he wrote upon returning from the Galapagos Islands and experimenting with crossbreeding birds. The process of artificial selection had actually been used for centuries to create livestock and animals bred for war, ag...
Darwin made use of artificial selection to help gather evidence to explain his theory of evolution when he returned to England from his journey to the Galapagos Islands on the HMS Beagle. After studying the fincheson the islands, Darwin turned to breeding birds— specifically pigeons—at home to try and prove his ideas. Darwin was able to show that h...
Perhaps the best-known use of artificial selection is dog breeding—from wild wolves to dog show winners of the American Kennel Club, which recognizes over 700 different breeds of dogs. Most of the breeds the AKC recognizes are the result of an artificial selection method known as crossbreeding wherein a male dog from one breed mates with a female d...
- Heather Scoville
The intentional breeding of organisms with desirable traits in an attempt to produce offspring with enhanced characteristics or traits that humans consider desirable. This process is also known as "artifical selection" (compare with "natural selection").
Jan 14, 2009 · Darwin’s three types of selection—methodical, unconscious, and natural—are united by a fundamental mechanistic similarity, namely that they involve a non-random difference in reproductive success among individuals on the basis of heritable traits.
- T. Ryan Gregory
- rgregory@uoguelph.ca
- 2009
Nature Education 1 (1):173. As genetics allows us to turn the tide on human disease, it's also granting the power to engineer desirable traits into humans. What limits should we create as this...
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To change behavior for the better, we can strategically modify objective situations, where we pay attention, how we construct appraisals, and how we enact responses. Crucially, behavior change strategies can be initiated either by the individual (i.e., self-control) or by others (e.g., a benevolent employer).
