ANSC Chapter 9 Review

Animals have ____ on a chromosome

pairs of alleles at any given location

Mendel’s law of ____ states that inheritance of one pair of genes does not influence the inheritance of other genes

independent assortment

haploid chromosomes are found in

sperm cells

males have

both x and y chromosomes

females have both sex chromosomes in ____ species

avian

the daughter cells produced through mitosis are

identical to each other and to the parent cell

which cells are the precursors to sperm after going through meiosis

spermatocytes

What is true about pure breeding

purebred animals usually have registration papers

Which method of breeding is designed to capitalize on high-quality genetic traits and pass them on to offspring

grading up

mating unrelated animals or the same breed is called

outcrossing

which method of breeding is primarily used for animals used in food production

close breeding

when looking at an animal’s pedigree, where will you find information about its mother

to the right on the lower set of lines

the ____ of an animal is its entire genetic sequence within its DNA

genome