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1) Domestication of mammals
Domestication,
Microevolution,
Give the levels of microevolution
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2) Domestication of poultry (birds)
Domestication history hen,
Domestication history goose,
Domestication history duck
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3) Consequences in genotype due to domestication
Briefly list the consequences in ...,
Describe the change in chromosome...,
Wild domesticated hybrids will pr...
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4) Consequences in phenotype due to domestication
Summarise the consequences in phe...,
Phenotypic changes tameness,
Phenotypic changes increased spec...
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5) Organsiation of domestic animal breeding
Breeding organisations,
Herd booking,
Contents of a herd book
12
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6) Numbering and marking methods in domestic breeding
Id is based on,
Give the range of criteria used f...,
Disadvantages of artificial marks
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7) Individual animal tracking + Control of ID from farm to fork
Main use for traceability,
What is needed for traceability t...,
Give examples of traceability met...
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8) Principles and laws of mendelian genetics
Mendelian genetics,
Mendels laws,
Monogenic traits
25
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9) Exceptions in Mendelian genetics: Allelic polymorphism, pleiotropy, epistasis, superdominance
Allelic polymorphism,
Epistasis,
Pleiotropy
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10) Exceptions to Mendelian genetics: Linkage, crossing over, uniparental inheritance
Linkage,
Crossing over,
Uniparental inheritance
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11) Important genes related to conformation in breeding
Conformation,
Coat colour is caused by,
Melanine
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12) Most important genes related to prolificacy in breeding
Prolificacy,
List the most important genes for...,
Fecb gene
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13) Major genes related to genetic defects in breeding
Cause of muscular hypertrophy in ...,
Callypige in sheep,
Muscular hypertrophy and callypig...
9
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14) Sex determination in mammals and birds
Sex ratio,
How many x chromosomes does each ...,
Primary sex
5
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15) Sex-linked traits and inheritance
Sex linkage,
Give the sex chromasomes,
Y chromosome
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16) Sex-limited (determined) traits and inheritance
What are sex limited traits,
Give examples of,
White heifer disease
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17) Sex-influenced traits and inheritance
Sex influenced traits,
Sex influenced traits have releva...,
Sex influenced traits occur in wh...
3
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18) Chicken sexing
How are the sexes of day old chic...,
List the ways to sex chickens,
Cloacal protrusion
6
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19) Autosex character of poultry species
Autosex chicken,
Autosexing of poultry,
Dose effect in autosexing of poultry
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20) Genetic nature and molecular causes of genetic diseases and defects
Genetic nature causes of genetic ...,
Monogenic inheritance,
4 types of mendelian inheritance
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21) Diagnosis of congenital diseases and defects
Congenital disease,
List the methods of diagnosis of ...,
Phenotype screening
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22) Gene diagnosis of inherited diseases and defects
Aim of gene diagnosis of inherite...,
Gene diagnosis achieved after,
Test mating
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23) Prevention of genetic diseases and defects
Give the categories of genetic di...,
Nongenetic preventative methods,
Canine hip dysplasia
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24) Lethality, lethal gene mutations in breeding
All individuals with lethal gene ...,
Most lethal genes are,
Dominant mutation alleles
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25) Polymorph systems and their use in breeding
Polymorphism,
Levels of polymorph differences,
Phenotype differences
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26) Qualitative population genetics in breeding: features of monogenic traits
Qualitative population genetics,
Monogenic traits,
Gene allele and genotype frequencies
4
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27) Qualitative population genetics in breeding: Hardy-Weinberg law
Hardy,
Give the formula for the,
Sum of the genotype frequencies
15
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28) Quantitative population genetics in breeding: features of polygenic traits, QTL
Quantitative population genetics,
Quantitative trait,
Example of a quantitative trait
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29) Quantitative population genetics in breeding
Regression,
Regression toward or to the mean,
Galtons regression
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30) Technology in animal production
Elements of technology,
Genetic elements of technology in...,
Care elements of technology in an...
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31) Quantitative population genetics in breeding: environmental effects
Population and quantitative genet...,
Population genetics,
Quantitative genetics
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32) Quantitative population genetics in breeding: gene-environment interaction
Gene environment interactions,
Rather than inheriting diseases,
Gene environment interaction example
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33)Oligogenic inheritance: pathological traits, threshold taits, genetic predisposition
Oligogenic inheritance,
Pathological traits,
Threshold traits
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34) Breeding value: definitions, methods of estimation (BLUP, AM, gBV)
List the definitions of breeding ...,
Genetic merit,
Breeding value
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35) Breeding value: primary traits, secondary traits, aggregated breeding value
Aggregated breeding value,
Formula to calculate aggregated b...,
Primary breeding value traits
4
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36) Theory of selection: selection parameters
Selection,
List the parameters of selection,
Give the types of selection
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37) Practice of selection: forms of selection, selection index, correlation
Selection is base on,
Origin of information,
Aim and direction of selection
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38) Breeding methods and mating systems, interspecies hybrids
Mating system,
Breeding methods,
Purebred
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39) Inbreeding and Wright’s inbreeding coefficient
Inbreeding,
Consequence of inbreeding,
Inbreeding is essential to
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40) Outcrossing and effective population size, heterosis
Outcrossing,
Outcrossing is recommended for,
Outcrossing creates
14
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41) Crossing: continuous hybridization, recombination losses
Continuous hybridisation,
Criss cross,
Rotational breeding
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42) Crossing: discontinuous hybridization
Discontinuous hybridisation,
Three breed crossing,
Four breed crossing
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43) Reasons for breed endangerments, grades and status, breed definition
List the non human reasons for br...,
List the human reasons for breed ...,
Of mammals and bird species are e...
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44) Arguments for maintenance of genetic diversity, and of rare breeds
Current endangered breeds may pos...,
When the useable genetic variatio...,
Reasons for maintaining genetic d...
3
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45) Preservation methods of genetic resources in breeding: in vivo (in situ, ex situ)
Preservation of genetic resources...,
In vivo in situ,
Ex situ in vivo conservation
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46) Preservation methods of genetic resources in breeding: in vitro
In vitro,
Ex situ in vitro conservation,
Give examples of in vitro preserv...
7
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47) Biotechnology in animal production: AI (artificial insemination)
Advantage of ai,
Disadvantage of ai,
Technology associated with ai
9
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48) Biotechnology in animal production: semen deep freezing, sperm-sexing
How is semen frozen s,
Give a commonly used cryoprotectant,
Individual semen doses are frozen in
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49) Biotechnology in animal production: embryo manipulations (OPU, IVM, IVF, IVC)
Opu,
Ivm,
Ivf
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50) Biotechnology in animal production: embryo transfer (ET, MOET)
Moet,
Advantages of moet,
Induction of twinning
6
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51) Biotechnology in animal production: transgenesis (GMO)
Transgenesis,
Motives for transgenesis,
Xeno transplantation
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52) Biotechnology in animal production: cloning
What are clones,
Where is cloning common,
When was dolly the sheep cloned
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53) Importance and methods of parentage control
Polymorphisms are used for,
Methods of parentage control,
Benefits of parental control with...
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54) Definition and importance of types in animal production
What is a breed,
Breeds can be distinguished by wh...,
What is a type
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55) Importance of evaluation of conformation (judging), linear scoring system, body measurements
Important traits to evaluate when...,
Conformation differs depending on,
Linear scoring system
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56) Coat color inheritance in domestic animals: pigment synthesis, pigment types, albinism
Msh,
Msh causes an increase in,
Msh receptor gene mutations of al...
9
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57) Basic colors, most common gene functions of the coat color
Give the alleles of basic coat co...,
E allele,
Esuperd
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58) Gene diagnosis in animal breeding and vet.med: meat and fat production genes
Marbling,
List the meat and fat production ...,
Mc4r gene
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59) Gene diagnosis in animal breeding and vet.med: milk production genes
Milk fat content alleles snps,
Genes for milk quality protein co...,
Kappa casein
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60) Meat and milk production of domestic animals, production traits
List the main resources through b...,
Meat productive species,
How many tonnes of meat are produ...
18
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