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How is inbreeding advantageous as well as disadvantageous in cattle breeding programme ? (Mention any two advantages and two disadvantages) |
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Answer» Advantages:- Inbreeding is necessary if we want to evolve a pure line in any animal. • It helps in accumulation of superior genes and elimination of less desirable genes • Inbreeding exposes harmful recessive genes that are to be eliminated by selection. • Where there is selection at each step, it increases the productivity of inbred population. Disadvantages:- • reduces fertility • decreases productivity. |
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