Chapter 16 Flashcards
Example of human intervention through artificial selection
hairless cats
Selective breeding
process of mating that is not random, but uses parents chosen by a breeder on the basis of particular phenotypic characteristics that they display to pass on traits to next generation.
Artificial selection
action taken by breeders and others in selecting from a population only those members that show specific expression of a particular trait to be the parents of the next generation for its economic/aesthetic value
Technology in selective breeding (AMOS
artificial insemination, multiple ovulation and embryo transfer, oestrous synchronisation, sex selection through sperm sorting,
MOET acronym
multiple ovulation and embryo transfer
MOET
process of stimulating multiple egg release in one female and later transferring her early embryos to other females of the same species where they develop.
Multiple ovulation
stimulating females through hormone treatment to release increased number of eggs.
Embryo transfer
remove embryo and transfer into reproductive tract of other female
Oestrous synchronisation
process of making all mature females of (of herd/flock) sexually receptive within a predictable and narrow time frame.
Advantages of oestrous synchronisation
less time, higher fertilisation/birth rate, more uniform manageable offspring, lower mortality periods
Sex selection
process of producing offspring through artificially separating sperm into those with X chromosomes and those with Y chromosomes to determine sex of the child.
Process of artificial pollination
remove unripe stamen, protect stigma of other plant, collect pollen from stamen, transfer pollen into stigma
Genetic variation
variation exhibited among members of a population owing to the action of genes
Artificial selection results in…
loss of genetic variation, animals unable to fight particular diseases, failure of population to survive environmental conditions
Cloning
process of making identical copies of a gene, a cell or an organism
Cloning techniques
embryo splitting, somatic cell nuclear transfer
Embryo splitting
separate totipotent cells of early embryo so that resultant cells are each able to form a complete embryo
Process of embryo splitting
remove embryo, transfer nucleus of somatic cell to enucleated cell, fuse somatic cell with enucleated cell
Enucleated cell
a cell from which the nucleus has been removed.
Cloning in mammals process
obtain nucleus from adult, remove nucleus from unfertilised egg, transfer nucleus into egg cell, implant into surrogate mother
Therapeutic cloning
cloning carried out to create an embryo from which stem cells can be harvested