IB Biology HL D4.1.15 Hl Artificial Selection Questions

Recognize how deliberate parent choice in dog, crop and livestock breeding directs inherited phenotypic change.

Syllabus
First assessment 2025
Course
Biology HL
Level
HL

Exam points

  • Recognize selective breeding as artificial selection and give variation among dog breeds as a resulting phenotype.

IB Biology HL D4.1.15 Hl Artificial Selection Questions question 1

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Dogs are descended from the grey wolf, Canis lupus, by selective breeding and are thought to be first domesticated about 30000 years ago. What is a result of this selective breeding?

A

Many different species of dogs exist.

B

The legs of different breeds of dogs show discrete variation.

C

Dogs have a variety of phenotypes.

D

The tails of dogs are analogous structures.

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