ANSC 4395 FINAL Questions And
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Selection - ANSWER✔✔The practice of allowing certain individuals more
opportunity to reproduce than others.
Only means of making genetic improvement in a closed population.
Improvement made by increasing the frequency of desired genes.
Results of selection are predictable in magnitude and direction.
Response to selection - ANSWER✔✔Progress resulting from selection is called
response.
Genetic change that occurs as a result of selection.
Ex. If environmental conditions have remained constant, the phenotypic change
should mirror the genetic change.
selection differential - ANSWER✔✔the difference between the mean performance
of the selected individuals and the average of the entire herd.
Generation Interval - ANSWER✔✔The length of time it takes to replace the
members of on generation in a herd.
Symbolized by: L
Breeding Value - ANSWER✔✔An individual's phenotype is the result of its
genetic merit and the effect of the environment.
Estimated Breeding Value (EBV) - ANSWER✔✔Actual breeding value of an
individual is never known.
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