WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
artifi′cial selec′tion, 
  1. a process in the breeding of animals and in the cultivation of plants by which the breeder chooses to perpetuate only those forms having certain desirable inheritable characteristics.

'artificial selection' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
pure line - variety - selection

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