JIPMER 2017
- Exam
- JIPMER
- Year
- 2017
- Subject
- Zoology
- Chapter
- Strategies for Enhancement in Food Production
JIPMER 2017 · Zoology · Strategies for Enhancement in Food Production
One of the breeding techniques useful to eliminate harmful...
One of the breeding techniques useful to eliminate harmful recessive genes by selection is
Options
- Aartificial insemination
- Boutbreeding
- Cinbreeding
- DMOET
Correct answer
C. inbreeding
Step-by-step solution
When breeding is done between animals of the same breed for 4-6 generations, it is called inbreeding. Inbreeding is necessary if we want to develop a pure line of any animal. It exposes harmful recessive genes that are eliminated by selection. It also helps in accumulation of superior genes and elimination of less desirable genes.