Evolution You work for a forestry department. Your colleague asks your opinion o

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You work for a forestry department. Your colleague asks your opinion of a proposal to use artificial selection to breed a population of lodgepole pines that are resistant to the mountain pine beetle. They have managed to clone a large number of seedling lodgepole pines all from a single parent. They want to take those clones that are most resistant to the mountain pine beetle and breed those together and then use this next generation to replant in a national park. Will this proposal work? Briefly justify your answer

Explanation / Answer

In my opinion, a proposal to use artificial selection to breed a population of lodgepole pines that are resistant to the mountain pine beetle has positive potential to work.

Justification:

Selective breeding (also called artificial selection) is a promising advent as it selectively develops a pure phenotypic trait/characteristic in the seedling of lodgepole pines from a single parent. The use of resistant lodgepole pines seedling clones against the mountain pine beetle by breeding them together put a selection pressure for the endurance of best phenotype. The genetically selected next resistant generation can be successfully used to replant a national park. Though, the success of this proposal depends upon following key conditions:

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