Quiz 7 Flashcards
1
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Inbreeding
A
mating of individuals that are related
2
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Inbreeding depression
A
the decrease in the average performance of individuals in a population
3
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Linebreeding
A
the practice of mating individuals that are descendants of one particular outstanding ancestor
4
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Prepotency
A
ability of an individual to consistently pass on its characteristics
5
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Inbreeding coefficient (Fx)
A
measures the percent increase in homozygosity in an individual relative to the average of the breed or population
6
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Identical by descent
A
two genes that are copies of a single ancestral gene
7
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Identical by state
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two genes that are identical in function and from, but not from a common ancestor
8
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Common ancestor
A
ancestor common to more than one individual
