19 MAY 2011 by ideonexus
Everyone is a Choosing Agent
1 Humans deliberately choose attractive roses, sunflowers etc. for breeding, thereby preserving the genes that produce the attractive features. This is called artificial selection, it's something humans have known about since long before Darwin, and everybody understands that it is powerful enough to turn wolves into chihuahuas and to stretch maize cobs from inches to feet. 2 Peahens (we don't know whether consciously and deliberately, but let's guess not) choose attractive peacocks for bree...Folksonomies: evolution natural selection
Folksonomies: evolution natural selection
Sexual selection, breeding selection, and survival of the fittest selection.