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selective breeding

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-005725

Making deliberate crosses or matings of organisms so the offspring will have particular desired characteristics derived from one or both of the parents.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-005725
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectResearch, Technology, Methods
ReferencesBiotechnology Glossary, USDA; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary
See alsobreeding; selection methods
TranslationsSpanish: mejoramiento selectivo
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-005725",
  "term": "selective breeding",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "Making deliberate crosses or matings of organisms so the offspring will have particular desired characteristics derived from one or both of the parents.",
  "subject": "Research, Technology, Methods",
  "see_also": [
    "breeding",
    "selection methods"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Biotechnology Glossary, USDA",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "mejoramiento selectivo"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/selective-breeding/"
}

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