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Worksheets#AgSci Applied Plant Genetics
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What is progeny testing
Testing an animals performance for different traits
Comparing animals off spring with other animals off spring kept in the same conditions
Comparing an animal with other animals kept in the same conditions
Comparing animals off spring with other animals off spring kept in the different conditions
What does the term "open pollination" mean?
pollination between two plants of the same species naturally by wind/insect or water
The transfer of pollen by a technician from one plant to another
The transfer of seeds from a plant
What is performance testing
Testing the performance of an animal in the same conditions to other animal kept in the same condition
Testing how an animal would perform in a play!
Testing the performance of an animal in the same conditions to its offspring kept in the same condition
Which of the following are areas that cereals are assessed by the DAFM ? (Select as many as apply)
The colour at ripeness
Straw height
Resistance to lodging
Disease resistance
Earliness of ripening
What is this definition of: determining differences in the genotype of an individual organism by examining its DNA & comparing it to a reference sequence of another organisms sequence.
Phototyping
Genotyping
Progeny testing
Genetic engineering
What does the term Genome mean?
An organisms cells
An organism's complete set of DNA
An organisms gene on one chromosome
Which of the following terms best defines genomic selection
Use of thousands of genetic markers associated with genes to predict the performance of an animal
Use of thousands of genetic markers associated with genes along with performance tested animals as references to predict the potential performance of an animal
DNA profiling of an animal
The use of a crystal ball to predict the performance of an animal
Define genetic modification
Altering the physical features of an animal
Altering an organism's amount of cells
Altering an organism's DNA to improve or correct a defect in the organism
Define Genome Editing
Technology that allows the development of new genes
Technology that allows the growth of new organs in a lab
Technology that allows a change to an organism's DNA.
What is a Molecular marker?
Are used to select a plant for a specific trait if it has a desirable gene in its DNA
Are used to highlight an important piece of information on a book
are used to select a plant for a specific group of cells
A farmer may carry out genetic improvements in their heard to…. (Select as many as apply)
Increase yields
Improve LWG
Improve FCR
Change an animals breed
A method of progeny testing that is carried out over three years
(a)
Single nucleotide polymorphism genotyping is used for
Trait Selection
Breed selection
Gender Selection
A method used to create a large number of copies of a crop like potatoes
CRISPR
Micropropagation
Sexual Reproduction
Gene editing
In tomatoes red fruit is dominant over yellow fruit. If a heterozygous fruit is crossed with a yellow fruit, what would he expected genotypes be
Rr,rr
RR,rr
Rr
Rr, RR
