ANSC 4395 tests compilation bundle

Results of selection are... Correct Answer: predictable in magnitude and direction but prediction is only as good as the information Response to Selection Correct Answer: is the genetic change that occurs as a result of selection must take into consideration environment Response is the f...

Animal Breeding Correct Answer: The science of using the principles of genetics to make improvement in a livestock species Robert Bakewell Correct Answer: "Father of animal breeding" Leased out males Mate the 'best of the best' shorthorn cattle Correct Answer: First organized breed of...

What is Animal Breeding Correct Answer: Scientific field that uses the principles of genetics to aid in the improvement of livestock. What are the 3 classes of cattle? Correct Answer: British American Exotics- usually European Who is Robert Bakewell? Correct Answer: "Father of Animal Bre...

Simply-Inherited Traits Correct Answer: - traits affected by only a few genes - qualitative or categorical - rarely quantitative - typically not affected by the environment Polygenic Traits Correct Answer: - affected by many genes with no gene having an overriding influence - typically qua...

Breeding Value Correct Answer: - genetic merit An individual receives how much of its genetic makeup from each parent? Correct Answer: half Breeding value can be estimated from.... Correct Answer: an individual's performance and not the performance of its relatives. Most common types of...

Quantitative traits are those that can be __________________. Correct Answer: Measured Some examples of quantitative traits Correct Answer: Weights Heights Litter size Number of eggs Racing speed Quantitative traits are controlled by Correct Answer: Many pairs of genes Effects of ___...

selection Correct Answer: The practice of allowing certain individuals more opportunity to reproduce than others true Correct Answer: results of selection are predictable in magnitude and direction response to selection Correct Answer: genetic change that occurs as a result to selection ...

Gregor Mendel: Correct Answer: -Augustinian priest and scientist -"Father of Genetics" -Mid 19th century -Performed breeding experiments with peas -Determined basic rules of inheritance by observing the outcomes of his matings Gene: Correct Answer: -Basic unit of inheritance -Segments of...

Simply-Inherited Traits: Correct Answer: Traits affected by only a few genes EX: Coat color, Horns Simply-inherited Traits: -Qualitative or categorical Correct Answer: Either/or expression EX: Black or red, Horned or polled Simply-inherited Traits are rarely... Correct Answer: quant...

Gregor Mendel Correct Answer: Father of Genetics mid 19th century performed breeding experiment with peas Gene Correct Answer: Basic unit of inheritance Segments of DNA Short segments of chromosomes Chromosomes Correct Answer: Long strands of DNA and associated proteins present in the n...

Simply-Inherited Traits Correct Answer: traits affected by only a few genes qualitative or categorical affected little by environment Quantitative Correct Answer: measured with numbers Polygenic Traits Correct Answer: Affected by many genes with no gene having an overriding influence. - ...

Phenotype Correct Answer: the outward appearance of an individual P=G+E Genetic Effects categories Correct Answer: additive effects - A dominance effects - D epistatic effects - genes at two different loci - I Additive gene action - codominance Correct Answer: each dominant allele gets +2...

Animal Breeding Correct Answer: scientific field that uses the principles of genetics to aid in the improvement of livestock Purebred breeders have attempted to improve their livestock since at least the... Correct Answer: 1700s Many of our current breeds have their roots in Great Britain an...