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I'm Will Tingle.

This week we're taking a look at the genetics of selective breeding,

how it might be dooming certain breeds of dog, but saving certain endangered species.

Now before we dive into how selective breeding is shaping the world's

animal species we must first ask what it is, how far it goes back and perhaps what

drove it to begin with and so I spoke to author of unnatural selection Katrina

Van Grew. I think it's important to say what selective breeding is not and it's

very tempting to use the word interchangeably with domestication.

And I consider these to be two very distinct processes.

Domestication is the transformation of wild populations of animals

into self-sustaining populations of tame ones.

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