Question

Define the following terms: [3 MARKS]
(i) Genome
(ii) Mutation
(iii) Filial generation

Answer 1

Each Part: 1 Mark

(i) Genome is the full complement of DNA including all genes and intergenic regions.
(ii) Mutation is the sudden change in one or more genes. New traits are introduced in a population by mutation.
(iii) A generation in a breeding experiment that is successive to a mating between parents of two distinctively different but usually relatively pure genotypes is called Filial generation.