Animal and plant eugenics

Animal and plant eugenics refers to any human intervention in the free and natural reproduction of animals and plants for the purpose of affecting the genetic characteristics of the offspring. Artificial selection of gene pools is also effected incidentally whenever undesirable forms in the present generation are removed from the population, deliberately or accidentally.

Artificial insemination is a common practice to ensure genetic typing of pedigree livestock. Increasingly, genetic material is being manipulated prior to insemination or implantation.

1. Eugenics

1. Sexual manipulation of domestic animals and plants
2. Limited availability of cross-breeding techniques
3. Disturbance of reproductive cycles of wildlife

1. Maltreatment of livestock
2. Introduction of high-yield crop varieties
3. Deformation of plant life
4. Decreasing genetic diversity of animals
5. Declining breeds of cultivated plants
6. Corporate control of genetic material

1. Poaching
2. Killing of plants
3. Animal trophy hunting

1. Underutilized animal genetic resources

1. Removing dominant animals from breeding stock
2. Facilitating sexual rights for animals
3. Exploring hybrid seed varieties
4. Breeding disease-resistant plants

1. Selective
2. Dominance [D]
3. Breeding