AIIMS 2013
- Exam
- AIIMS
- Year
- 2013
- Subject
- Zoology
- Chapter
- Strategies for Enhancement in Food Production
AIIMS 2013 · Zoology · Strategies for Enhancement in Food Production
Which of the following is not true for inbreeding?
Which of the following is not true for
inbreeding?
Options
- AIt causes inbreeding depression after a few generations
- BIt always increases the productivity.
- CIt is used to produce a pure line.
- DIt leads to homozygosity
Correct answer
B. It always increases the productivity.
Step-by-step solution
Inbreeding leads to increase in homozygosity. This, in recessive alleles, may cause expression of harmful effects. Also, inbreeding depression may lead to loss of fitness in progenies, thus decreasing productivity in some cases.