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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?

Undesirable recessive traits Signup and view all the answers

What does artificial insemination allow farmers to do?

Control the genetic makeup of the offspring Signup and view all the answers

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

It allows for the production of identical copies of genetically superior animals Signup and view all the answers

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

To protect and nourish the sperm during storage Signup and view all the answers

In what way does micropropagation contribute to plant reproduction?

It produces many plants asexually from small pieces of genetically identical plant tissue Signup and view all the answers

What is the main purpose of genotyping in animal breeding?

To study animal DNA and control certain traits like milk production and carcass weight Signup and view all the answers

What is the role of superovulation in embryo transplantation?

To cause the donor to produce more than the normal number of mature eggs at one time Signup and view all the answers