Ag-Genetics Breeding and Reproduction

The male sex hormone is called

• Estrogen
• Progesterone
• Oxytocin
• Testosterone

The gestation period is the

• Time during which an animal is in heat
• Length of pregnancy
• period when an animal is fetile
• time it takes the egg to mature

Single-cell division is called

• Meiosis
• Parturition
• Mitosis
• Estrus

The Golgi apparatus

• Stores and packages proteins
• Stores fat
• Makes microtubules
• Makes energy for the cell

The mitochondrion is responsible for

• Assembling proteins
• Producing energy
• Protecting the nucleus
• Transporting protein

A mutation that is associated with an animal's gender is called a

• Gender-linked trait
• Bipolar anomoly
• Sex-linked trait
• Gender-linked recessive

A chromosome

• Is composed of DNA
• Is a carrier of genes
• Occures in pairs
• Is all of the above

A pair of genes with characteristics that are alike is said to be

• Heterozygous
• Genotype
• Recessive
• Homozygous

Mating of an animal of one breed to an animal of another breed is

• Pure-breeding
• Grading up
• Crossbreeding
• Outcrossing

The phenotype of an individual is

• The physical apperence
• What the genes look like
• The type of animal
• The expected production