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Question
Inbreeding is carried out in animal husbandry because it ______.
Options
increases vigour
improves the breed
increases homozygosity
increases heterozygosity
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Solution
Inbreeding is carried out in animal husbandry because it increases homozygosity.
Explanation:
Inbreeding increases homozygosity because closely related animals share similar genes, so their offspring receive more identical alleles (AA or aa). This helps in fixing desired traits in a breed.
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