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Mating of two varieties of cattle breed like Red Dane which have no common ancestors on either side of their pedigree for 4-6 generations is an examples of :

A

Inbreeding

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Cross breeding

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Out crossing

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Interspecific hybridisation

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Solution

The correct option is C Out crossing
Mating between two unrelated organisms of the same breed is called out-crossing. They should not have common ancestors on either side of the pedigree chart upto 4-6 generations.

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