A farmer decides to try to increase his profits by mating his two goats that produce the most milk together. The farmer’s descendants continue the process and over 400 years the family produces goats that make more milk than any in the country. Eventually the goats change enough that they are designated a new species. This is an example of: A. Artificial selection
B. Acquired characteristics
C. Disruptive selection
D. Natural selection

A.is the correct answer

Explanation:

People have been doing asimple form genetic enineeringfor thousands of years. This is called selective breeding. Selective breeding, or artifical selection, is a process where people try and improve plants and animals by selecting and breeding those that have desireable charactistics.

For example, a farmer might choose from his two largest cattle in his herd and breed them  together so that the offspring will be even bigger and produce more meat.