2. Plant and Animal Breeding - Selecting and Breeding Flashcards
1
Q
Are animals and cross pollinating plants naturally inbreeding or outbreeding?
A
Outbreeding
2
Q
How long are inbreeding selected plants or animals bred for?
A
Several generations until the population breeds true to the desired type
3
Q
What does inbreeding eliminate?
A
Heterozygotes
4
Q
What is inbreeding depression?
A
The accumulation of recessive, deleterious homozygous alleles
5
Q
Why are self-pollinating less susceptible to inbreeding depression?
A
They are naturally inbreeding so the deleterious alleles have already been eliminated by natural selection
