Genetics

Answers can be found in notes or Modern Livestock and Poultry Production book, Unit 9 p.176 Genetics of Animal Breeding.

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3. Cell division that produces animal growth.

6. Expresses the likelihood of a trait being passed on from parent to offspring.

9. Complex molecules located on chromosome, occur in pairs.

10. The hidden gene in a pair.

11. Division of the gametes (sex cells).

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1. Predicts the results of crossing animals with various types of genotypes.

2. A gene in a pair that hides the effects of another gene.

4. Physical appearance of an animal.

5. Kinds of gene pairs possessed by an animal.

7. The study of heredity and the way traits of parents are passed to offspring.

8. Naturally hornless.

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