Taq writes:
With artificial selection you are blind to the genetic sequence that underpins the phenotype.
I see your point as to how with artificial selection through selective breeding you are just changing the enviroment and selecting for desired traits as opposed to direct manipulation of gene sequences. Are you not still in effect performing "selection" by determing which genes are manipulated though?
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