Usually means: Selective breeding for desired traits.
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  1. artificial selection: Merriam-Webster
  2. artificial selection: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. artificial selection: Wiktionary
  4. artificial selection: Infoplease Dictionary
  5. artificial selection: Dictionary.com
  6. Artificial Selection (album), Artificial selection: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. artificial selection: TheFreeDictionary.com
  8. artificial selection: Merriam-Webster

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  3. artificial selection: Evolution Glossary

Definitions from Wiktionary (artificial selection)

noun:  (evolutionary theory) Intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals in order to preserve selected genetic traits.

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