artificial selection

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Coined by Charles Darwin in 1859 in his book On the Origin of Species.

35 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: اِنْتِخَاب اِصْطِنَاعِيّ (intiḵāb iṣṭināʕiyy) — intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals
• Armenian: արհեստական ընտրություն (arhestakan əntrutʻyun) — intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals
• Catalan: selecció artificial — intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals
• Chinese Cantonese: 人工選擇 /人工选择 (jan4 gung1 syun2 zaak6) — intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals
• Chinese Cantonese: 人擇 /人择 (jan4 zaak6) — intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals
• Chinese Mandarin: 人工選擇 /人工选择 (réngōng xuǎnzé) — intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals
• Chinese Mandarin: 人擇 /人择 (rénzé) — intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals
• Danish: kunstig selektion — intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals
• Danish: kunstigt utvalg — intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals
• Dutch: kunstmatige selectie — intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals
• Finnish: keinotekoinen valinta — intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals
• Finnish: valintajalostus — intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals
• French: sélection artificielle — intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals
• Georgian: ხელოვნური გადარჩევა (xelovnuri gadarčeva) — intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals
• Georgian: ხელოვნური სელექცია (xelovnuri selekcia) — intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals
• Georgian: სელექციური გამრავლება (selekciuri gamravleba) — intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals
• German: künstliche Selektion — intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals
• German: künstliche Auswahl — intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals
• Greek: τεχνητή επιλογή (technití epilogí) — intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals
• Italian: selezione artificiale — intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals
• Latvian: mākslīgā izlase — intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals
• Lithuanian: dirbtinė atranka — intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals
• Mongolian: зориудын шалгарал (zoriudyn šalgaral) — intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals
• Norwegian Bokmål: kunstig seleksjon — intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals
• Norwegian Bokmål: kunstig utvalg — intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kunstig seleksjon — intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kunstig utval — intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals
• Polish: dobór sztuczny — intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals
• Portuguese: seleção artificial — intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals
• Romanian: selecție artificială — intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals
• Russian: иску́сственный отбо́р (iskússtvennyj otbór) — intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals
• Spanish: selección artificial — intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals
• Swedish: artificiellt urval — intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals
• Ukrainian: шту́чний добі́р (štúčnyj dobír) — intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals
• Ukrainian: шту́чний відбі́р (štúčnyj vidbír) — intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals