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Agriculture · Q520

Animal Husbandry

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 520

Q520

Mating of unrelated pure bred animals within the same breed is

A.
Cross breeding
B.
Out crossing
Answer
C.
Close breeding
D.
Inbreeding

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
Solution:
Mating of unrelated pure bred animals within the same breed is Out crossing.
Outbreeding, also called outcrossing, allogamy, or xenogamy, is the transfer of gametes from one individual to another, genetically different individual.
The general advantage of outbreeding is to promote an increase in phenotypic variability within a population.