Selectively Bred facts
While investigating facts about Selectively Bred Animals and Selectively Bred Plants, I found out little known, but curios details like:
An ongoing soviet fox domestication experiment that selectively bred for 'friendliness'. After a few generations the foxes had other surprising traits like better social skills, larger litter sizes, curlier tails, droopier ears and showed skeletal changes (making them look 'cuter', like dogs)
how are cows selectively bred?
Kale, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, cabbage, and kohlrabi were all selectively bred from the mustard plant.
What animals have been selectively bred?
In my opinion, it is useful to put together a list of the most interesting details from trusted sources that I've come across answering what dogs are selectively bred. Here are 16 of the best facts about Selectively Bred Dogs List and Selectively Bred Dogs I managed to collect.
what animals are selectively bred?
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A Russian scientist selectively bred foxes that tolerated human contact and after 40 generations had animals that were not only friendly to humans but were different from wild foxes in numerous other ways as a result
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Goldfish are a completely manmade species and have no natural habitat. Originally domesticated as food, they began being selectively bred for their color—the result of a genetic mutation. Today, their color, size, shape, and fins are the result of thousands of years of selective breeding.
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Orange carrots were NOT selectively bred by Dutch farmers in the 1600s to honor the Prince of Orange. It's a tale, and there's no documentary evidence for this story! The real history is far more complex, and more interesting....
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Red delicious apples used to be yellower, and tasted extremely sweet. However, farmers selectively bred them for redder color (because consumers were drawn to it) and longer shelf-life, destroying the flavor of the Apple.
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Broccoli, cabbage, kale, collared greens, Brussels sprouts and cauliflower are all the same plant species, bred selectively across thousands of years to produce all these different vegetables and more.
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The USSR fox breeding experiment also bred rats in two groups: one selected for tameness, one selected for aggression. "When a visitor appears, the rats hurl themselves screaming toward their bars."
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Plants can be selectively bred to increase the THC content of the flowers, or buds.
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Fruits and Vegetables have been selectively bred for up to 9,000 years, resulting in radical evolution to fleshy, sweet varieties that we know today.
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Carrots were originally purple, but were selectively bred in the 17th century in the Netherlands to be the orange color we now associate with them. It is believed to be due to the fact that the Dutch flag at the time was orange.
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Rock pigeons have been selectively bred over hundreds of years into “fancy pigeons”. There are hundreds of breeds with distinctive appearances, similar to breeds of dog. They even have their own version of a fancy feather Westminster dog show.
Why was caulerpa selectively bred in germany?
You can easily fact check why are sheep bred selectively by examining the linked well-known sources.
Traditionally pomegranate (the seeded apple) was grown for decoration so it was selectively bred for how it looks on the outside rather than for the fruit.
Tumbler Pigeons have been selectively bred so they are good at somersaulting during flight. - source
Myotonic goats exist because farmers thought the fainting trait was hilarious and selectively bred them. - source
Merino sheep have been selectively bred so that they have to be shawn, or else their wool will keep growing indefinitely. Other breeds of sheep grow then naturally shed their woolly coat every year.
