Question

Part 2: Artificial Selection / Genetic Research You will need to conduct your own research to answer these questions. Be mindful of the marking scheme to help guide your answer. 1. Modern domesticated pigs are descendants of the wild boar (Sus scrofa). Through the domestication process, human have artificially selected for certain traits. Identify two of these traits, and briefly explain how they benefit modern society. Be sure to identify the trait, explain why it was artificially selected and how it benefits modern society. Marking Scheme: For each trait: Identify the trait = 1 mark Why was the trait artificially selected = 1 mark Provide specific evidence, based on your research = 1 mark How does the trait benefit modern society = 1 mark Provide specific evidence, based on your research = 1 mark Each trait = 5 marks Total marks = 10 marks

Answer 1

Answer-1 The domestication of the pigs make them less violent for the humans.

They become adapted to the food they get in farms.

The trait was selected artificially because the wild type boar usually show anger and violence upon encounter. The second thing they use to eat the wild thorns, sticks and shrubs.

The specific evidence is that the pigs can be find in the farms only and not wandering freely in the fields and forests.

The modern human society get benefitted that they got increase in food sources and also the damage in the crops caused by the pigs has reduced.