Selective Breeding

Question 1

What is selective breeding

Answer 1

The process of breeding organisms with desirable traits to ensure that specific alleles are passed on to the next generation

Question 2

Benefits of selective breeding

Answer 2

• Increased productivity
• Better adaption
• More profit
• Disease resistance

Question 3

Disadvantages of selective breeding

Answer 3

• Reduces the gene pool
• Less variation
• Susceptible to more diseases

Question 4

Process of selective breeding

Answer 4

1. Select characteristics- decide what characteristics are most important
2. Choose parents- Select parents with said characteristic from mixed population
3. Breed parents- Breed selected parents together
4. Select offspring- Choose offspring with desired characteristic to breed in next generation
5. Repeat- Repeat over many generations until all offspring have desired characteristics