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Applied Genetics

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The process by which desired traits of certain plants and animals are selected and passed on to their future generations

a)

Selective Breeding

b)

Hybridization

c)

Inbreeding

2.

crossing organisms with different forms of a trait to produce offspring with specific traits results in hybrids also known as the production of

(a)  

3.

Care must be taken to identify organisms with desired traits and successfully cross them to yield the right combination of traits from both parents

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Which two are examples of hybridization?

a)

Farm breeders breed two different varieties of tomato to produce a hybrid that has both the disease resistance of one parent and the fast growth rate of the other parent.

b)

Horse breeders breeding the Clydesdale horses to

c)

Rice breeders producing higher yields of hybrid rice

varieties

5.

Select all the advantages of hybridization

a)

bred to be more nutritious

b)

have the ability to adapt to a wide range of changes in the environment

c)

produce greater numbers of offspring

6.

Select two disadvantages of hybridization

a)

time consuming

b)

disease resistant

c)

expensive

7.

Advantages of hybridization sometimes outweigh the disadvantages.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

The process in which two closely related organisms are bred to have the desired traits and to eliminate the undesired ones in future generations

a)

Hybridization

b)

Selective Breeding

c)

Inbreeding

9.

Pure breeds are not maintained by inbreeding.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Which is a disadvantage of inbreeding?

a)

Inbreeding can maintain large population of offsprings

b)

Harmful recessive traits also can be passed on to future generations.

c)

None of the above

11.

If both parents carry the recessive allele, the harmful trait will likely not be eliminated

a)

True

b)

False

12.

A test cross involves breeding an organism that has the unknown genotype with one that is homozygous recessive for the desired trait

a)

True

b)

False

13.

It is not an important thing for a breeder to determine the genotype of a hybrid when producing

a)

True

b)

False

14.

If the parent's trait was homozygous dominant the offspring will

a)

1:1 ratio , half of each phenotype ( trait )

b)

all have the dominant phenotype ( trait )

15.

If the parent's trait was heterozygous the offspring will

a)

1:1 ratio , half of each phenotype ( trait )

b)

all have the dominant phenotype ( trait )