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What is always the first steps in selective breeding?

Identify the desired characteristics

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steps in selective breeding

  1. identify desired characteristics.

  2. Select organisms with desired characteristics.

  3. Breed the organisms w desired characteristics together.

  4. Select offspring with desired characteristics.

  5. Breed the offspring with desired characteristics together and repeat until desired characteristic is reached.

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Steps in selective breeding:

  1. identify desired _____________.

  2. Select _________ with desired characteristics.

  3. _____ the organisms w desired characteristics together.

  4. Select ________ with desired characteristics.

  5. Breed the offspring with ______ characteristics together and ______ until desired characteristic is reached.

Characteristic, organisms, breed, offspring, desired, repeat

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What do you do once you have selected the offspring with the desired characteristic?

Breed them together

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What are the problems with selective breeding?

  • reduces gene pool (reduces num of different alleles in a pop)

  • So organisms are more susceptible to genetic diseases

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Breeding organisms which are related

Inbreeding

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Gene pool

All of the alleles in a population

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Decreasing the gene pool…

Decreases the number of alleles in a pop