Meaning

1 senses
  1. (uncountable)Intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals in order to preserve selected genetic traits.

    künstliche Selektion, künstliche Auswahl

    иску́сственный отбо́рiskússtvennyj otbór

    шту́чний добі́рštúčnyj dobír, шту́чний відбі́рštúčnyj vidbír

Translations

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Українська
By meaning 1
intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals:
Русский
By meaning 1
intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals:

Origin

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

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

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