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What did this selective breeding do to the level of genetic variation in domesticated beef cattle?
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It has given producers cattle that are meatier for beef and that produce more milk for dairy. In selective breeding you are able to choose the genetics that best fit the cow, say she has strong conformation but low milk quantity, so you would choose a bull that is strong in milk quantity.
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What does neutral variation mean?
Genetic diversity that confers no apparent selective advantage.
Which crisis can be improved by selective breeding?
Selective breeding has been a way of enhancing preferable genetic qualities in mainly dogs, cats and horses . Often the results can cause mild to severe problems.For example ;breeding for the flat face of the pekingese can cause breathing problems and jaw and teeth deformities. The English Bulldog has been bred to exhibit a certain conformation and in doing so , many of this breed suffer the above conditions as well as reproducing naturally.Artificial inseminations and caesarians are not uncommon. Selective breeding done by qualified professionals can certainly maintain and even improve a breed,as long as the results sought aren't exaggerated.
If a certain species has little genetic variation what could lead to its rapid extinction?
Genetic bottleneck causes very little genetic variation and can cause genetic drift.
Why do labrador retrievers have weak hips?
It is a genetic dissorder.most breeds become prone to it because over breeding
Can you breed mother and son rabbits?
It is possible but the offspring become unhealthy and suffer genetic diseases
Without genetic engineering horses would have been domesticated?
Horses were domesticated long before the concept of genetic engineering was even selective breeding.
How are genetic engineering and selective breeding the same?
Selective breeding is a category that has genetic engineering in it. while selective breeding is choosing a trait or feature to breed on, genetic engineering is a man made change in a subjects genes
Why genetic engineering is superior to selective breeding?
Genetic engineering: -more specific changes -changes are more controlled -takes less time to enact -lack of variation
What problem can occur with selective breeding?
Genetic mutations
What part of science is selective breeding?
Genetics - or genetic engineering.
Examples of selective breeding?
Humans use selective breeding, which takes advantage OS nauturally occurring genetic variation in plants, animals, and other organisms, to pass desired traits on to the next generation of organisms.
What did the selective breeding do to the population of pea plants?
decreased its genetic diversity
What did the selective breeding do to the. Population of pea plants?
decreased its genetic diversity
What does neutral variation mean?
Genetic diversity that confers no apparent selective advantage.
Breeders can increase the genetic variation by inducing what?
The introduction of animals into a breeding population that are unrelated will increase genetic variation.
Which breeding system reduces genetic variation in a population?
Asexual reproduction.
How is selective breeding a form of biotechnology?
Selective breeding is one form of biotechnology important in agriculture and medicine, because when scientists manipulate the genetic makeup of an organism, they are using biotechnology.
