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Results for “selective breeding”

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  • selective breeding

    Intentional, normally controlled breeding of organisms favouring desirable or improved traits. Common in the ornamental fish hobby and industry.

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  • line breeding

    Selective inbreeding in order to maintain or favour desired traits in organisms. Common in the ornamental fish hobby and industry.

  • F1

    Term used in the fields of genetics and selective breeding in reference to the first filial generation, i.e., hybrid offpsring, of a cross between two distinctly different parental lines. Often used in aquarium literature to refer to offspring of F0 parents whether of the same species or not.

  • strain

    In ornamental fishes, a group of related individuals developed via selective breeding and sharing common features not present in other strains of the same species.

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