Breeding Flashcards
Cutting
Small section of a plant is taken and planted
Sexual reproduction
Reproduction that involves gametes and two parents
Dolly the sheep
An example of cloning
Asexual reproduction
Reproduction without gametes and with only one parent
Clone
A genetically identical
Gene pool
The variety of genes in a certain population
Characteristics
A feature of an organism
Genetic engineering
Genetic engineering is deliberate modification of the characteristics of an organism by manipulating its genetic material.
Selective breeding
Selective breeding is the process by which humans use animal breeding and plant breeding to selectively develop particular phenotypic traits by choosing which typically animal or plant males and females will sexually reproduce and have offspring together