Darwin states that domestic species contain additional variety in their different subsets and races than species that are found in the wild (in nature). At the time it was believed that this variation had occurred from differences in climate and food, Darwin believed that these variables causing alterations in species were not the predominant cause for the variation within a species. He believed that the reason as to why the domesticated species contained additional variation was the result of the domesticated species were being raised under different life conditions from that of its parents, which had lived in nature (the wild). Domesticated species were being selectively bred for their favorable traits. This is known as selective breeding. Selective breeding had been and is currently abundant in farming, as the fittest animals were selected and bred, this created a larger stock of the further useful domesticated animals and were continuously bred for that specific trait. This was known as conscious selection; however, varying traits in domesticated species were also unconsciously selected. This meant that certain traits or
Darwin states that domestic species contain additional variety in their different subsets and races than species that are found in the wild (in nature). At the time it was believed that this variation had occurred from differences in climate and food, Darwin believed that these variables causing alterations in species were not the predominant cause for the variation within a species. He believed that the reason as to why the domesticated species contained additional variation was the result of the domesticated species were being raised under different life conditions from that of its parents, which had lived in nature (the wild). Domesticated species were being selectively bred for their favorable traits. This is known as selective breeding. Selective breeding had been and is currently abundant in farming, as the fittest animals were selected and bred, this created a larger stock of the further useful domesticated animals and were continuously bred for that specific trait. This was known as conscious selection; however, varying traits in domesticated species were also unconsciously selected. This meant that certain traits or