Selective Breeding in Applied Genetics Quiz
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What is the process of breeding animals or plants with desirable traits called?

  • Inbreeding
  • Artificial Insemination
  • Crossbreeding
  • Selective Breeding (correct)

What is the advantage of inbreeding in some cases?

  • It reduces the risk of harmful recessive genes
  • It helps in fixing desirable traits and creating uniformity among offspring (correct)
  • It increases the chances of offspring being affected by undesirable recessive traits
  • It allows for mating of animals from two different breeds

What is the mating of animals or plants from two different breeds, varieties or species called?

  • Hybrid Vigour
  • Inbreeding
  • Crossbreeding (correct)
  • Artificial Insemination

What does crossbreeding reduce the risk of?

<p>Undesirable recessive traits (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does artificial insemination allow farmers to do?

<p>Control the genetic makeup of the offspring (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main advantage of using cloning in animal reproduction?

<p>It allows for the production of identical copies of genetically superior animals (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of using an extender in the preparation of an AI straw?

<p>To protect and nourish the sperm during storage (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In what way does micropropagation contribute to plant reproduction?

<p>It produces many plants asexually from small pieces of genetically identical plant tissue (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main purpose of genotyping in animal breeding?

<p>To study animal DNA and control certain traits like milk production and carcass weight (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the role of superovulation in embryo transplantation?

<p>To cause the donor to produce more than the normal number of mature eggs at one time (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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