Answer to Question #162358 in Genetics for Cristmar Deasis

Question

Do you think artificial selection can regulate the effects of the factors that affects or results to population change? 

Answer 1

By doing artificial selection the number of offsprings with desired characteristics, are increased in the population. Thus the proportion of desired alleles will increase in the population. But at the same time it also reduces the genetic diversity. In this way artificial selection can regulate the change in population.