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Agriculture · Q84

Genetics And Plant Breeding

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 84

Q84

Inbreeding of cross-pollinated species leads to increase in

A.
Heterozygosity
B.
Homozygosity
Answer
C.
Population mean
D.
All of these

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
Solution:
Inbreeding of cross-pollinated species leads to an increase in Homozygosity.
Homozygosity is the case where similar or identical alleles combine to express a trait that is not otherwise expressed (recessiveness). Inbreeding exposes recessive alleles through increasing homozygosity.
Inbreeding is the production of offspring from the mating or breeding of individuals or organisms that are closely related genetically.