https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/nursing/w/vet-nurse-revision_1/416/breeding-strategiesWelcome to the Revision Guide for Student Nurses (Part I) by Vanessa Bird VN. This guide contains notes, self-test questionnaires and practical tasks to help you through your exams (Level 2 NVQ), and to use as a reference afterwards.April 2009. Importen-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/nursing/w/vet-nurse-revision_1/416/breeding-strategiesFri, 27 Feb 2009 07:35:42 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:47c808c5-bd0d-4bc0-8943-c8301ff72b93Arlo Guthriehttps://www.vetnurse.co.uk/nursing/w/vet-nurse-revision_1/416/breeding-strategies#commentsCurrent Revision posted to Revision Guide For Student Nurses - Part 1 by Arlo Guthrie on 2/27/2009 7:35:42 AM<br /> <p><strong>QUESTIONS</strong></p> <ol class="wikiextraspace"> <li>Why is it advantageous for breeders to be able to identify an animal carrying a recessive gene? </li> <li>How might identification of a recessive carrier be established? </li> <li>What is meant by the term &quot;backcross to the recessive&quot;? </li> <li>What is meant by the &quot;first filial generation&quot;? </li> <li>State Mendel&#39;s Second Law of Genetics. </li> <li>What may cause exceptions to Mendel&#39;s Second Law? </li> <li>Describe linkage. </li> <li>What is meant by &quot;multifactoral inheritance&quot;? Give an example. </li> <li>What is the difference between a congenital and an inherited defect? </li> <li>What is meant by &quot;inbreeding&quot;? </li> <li>What is meant by &quot;line breeding&quot;? </li> <li>What is the name of the term given to the breeding of animals less closely related than those picked at random? </li> <li>Why might outbreeding be beneficial? </li> <li>What is the main disadvantage of outbreeding? </li> <li>What is a hybrid? </li> <li>What other name might be given to hybrid vigour? </li> </ol><div style="clear:both;"></div>