Y9-Selective Breeding

Question 1

What is selective breeding?

Answer 1

Osijg charecteristics of a being to get the child to have the traits as well.

Question 2

State an advantage of selective breeding

Answer 2

You will most likely get traits of the first mammal so you could get better meta, plants etc.

Question 3

How to selectively breed

Answer 3

Decide the characteristics

Choose parents with the characteristics

Breed the two

Select best offspring and breed again

Repeat for many generations

Question 4

State disadvantages of selective breeding

Answer 4

‘Useful’genes may be lost in the future.

Loss of a variety of genes

Question 5

What are pugs selectively bred for

Answer 5

For short and stubby noses which can cause breathing problems

Question 6

What do labardors suffer when selectively bred?

Answer 6

They may suffer hip problems