Question

Hisardale is a new breed of sheep developed using a breeding technique in which a superior male of one breed is mated with superior female of another breed. Identify the breeding technique.

• A. Inbreeding
• B. Out crossing
• C. Parthenogenesis
• D. Cross breeding

Answer 1

The correct option is D Cross breeding

Out-breeding is the breeding of the unrelated animals, which may be between individuals of the same breed but having no common ancestors for 4-6 generations (out-crossing) or between different breeds (cross-breeding) or different species (inter-specific hybridisation).
Hissardale was developed through crossbreeding Australian Merino rams with Bikaneri (Magra) ewes.
Inbreeding refers to the mating of more closely related individuals within the same breed.