Animal Genetics

The purpose of selective breeding is to 

• Get bigger animals
• get smaller animals
• create animals with desirable traits
• create animals with bad traits

Which is another term for selective breeding?

• Artificial selection
• Natural Selection
• Intelligent selection

The overall function of selective breeding is to

• Create organisms with desirable traits
• Create bigger organisms
• Create smaller organisms
• Create animals with more genetic mutations

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Which of the following best represents inbreeding?

• removing DNA from an organism

• changing traits based on environment

• crossing 2 similiar animals

• crossing 2 different animals

What is Inbreeding

• When two closely related animals are bred together

• When two none related animals are bred together

• When animals are allowed to chose their own mates

• When humans choose which animals will mate together

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