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38 Cards in this Set
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Introduced progeny testing and used inbreeding to fix certain characteristics in animals |
Sir Robert Bakewell |
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Introduced keeping accurate rwcords of performance of animals so that objective selection became possible |
Sir Robert Bakewell |
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A test of the value for selective breeding of an individual's genotype by looking the progeny produced by different matings |
Progeny testing |
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A british agirculturist that developed the new Leicester sheep and used Longhorn cattle for improvement of beef |
Sir Robert bakewell |
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Leicester sheep is originated from what breed? |
Lincolnshire breed |
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A british genetecist that showed that the diversity of expression of a trait could depend on the involvement of a large number of so called genes |
Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher |
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Founders of theoretical population Genetics |
Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher, Sewall Wright, J.BS. Haldane |
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Connected the chromosome theory of inheritance to the works of mendel |
Thomas hunt morgan |
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The modern father of animal breeding |
Jay Laurence Lush |
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He based animal breeding not on phenotype but rather on quantitative characreristics and genetic information |
Jay Laurence Lush |
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Developed the selection index theory and a method using least squares |
Lanoy Nelson Hazel |
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Developed estimated breeding value and mixed model equations to obtain best linear unbiased predictions of breesing values |
Charles Roy Henderson |
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Led to the development of many regional types |
Genetic isolation by distance |
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The development of additional diversity as a result of adaptations to diverse environmenrs |
Diversity enhancing gene flow |
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Aninals whose breeding and husbandry are controlled by human communities |
Domestic animals/population |
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Represent either wild relatives of domesticated livestock that are 7sed for food and agri, or populations undergoing domestication |
Wild populations |
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Animals considered to be feral if they or their ancestors were formerly domesticated |
Feral populations |
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Breeds that occur only in one country |
Local breeds |
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Breeds that occur in more than one country |
Transboundary breeds |
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Transboundary breeds that only occur in one of the seven SoW-AnGR |
Regional transboundary breeds |
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Transboundary breeds thar occur in more than One SoW-AnGR regions |
International Transboundary breeds |
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Regions of SoW-AnGR |
Africa, Asia, Europe n the Caucasus, Latin America n Caribbean, Near n Middle East, North America, Southwest pacific |
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Breeds that have been in the country for a sufficient time to be gemetically adapted to the traditional production systems or environment |
Locally adapted breeds |
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Form a subset of locally adapted breeds |
Indigenous, autochthonous or native breeds |
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Breeds that are not locally adapted, comprise both recently introduced breeds and continually imported breeds |
Exotic breeds |
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Diversity in animal genetic resources popularions is measured in : |
Interpopulation diversity, Intrapopulation diversity, inter-relationships between populations |
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1st step in breeding program |
Defimition of production stystem |
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2nd step in BP |
Definition of breeding goal |
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3rd step in bp |
Collection of information |
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4th step in bp |
Determining selection criteria |
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Indicates the value of the animal with respect to the breeding goal |
Estimated breeding value |
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5th step in bp |
Selection and mating |
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6th step in bp |
Dissemination of genetic gain |
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7th step in bp |
Evaluation |
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Is conservation through the maintenance of live animal populations |
In vivo conservation |
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Is conservarion through continued use of live animal populations by livestock keepers in the production system in which the respective populations evolved or are now normally found and bred |
In-situ conservation |
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Conservation throufh the maintenance of live animals under consitions and outside the area where they evolved |
Ex sito in vivo conservation |
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Is conservation through the maintenance, under cryogenic donitions, of cells or tissues that have the potential to be used |
Ex situ in vitro |