Breeding Flashcards

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Cutting

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Small section of a plant is taken and planted

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Sexual reproduction

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Reproduction that involves gametes and two parents

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Dolly the sheep

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An example of cloning

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Asexual reproduction

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Reproduction without gametes and with only one parent

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Clone

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A genetically identical

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Gene pool

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The variety of genes in a certain population

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Characteristics

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A feature of an organism

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Genetic engineering

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Genetic engineering is deliberate modification of the characteristics of an organism by manipulating its genetic material.

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Selective breeding

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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

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