9E - Selective Breeding

Question 1

selective breeding

Answer 1

The changing of a population’s gene pool due to humans altering the breeding behaviour of animals and plants to develop a selected trait. AKA artificial selection.

Question 2

desirable trait

Answer 2

A heritable phenotype that humans select for during selective breeding.

Question 3

recessive allele

Answer 3

A trait that can be masked by a dominant allele on a homologous chromosome.

Question 4

homozygous

Answer 4

Having identical alleles for the same gene on homologous chromosomes.