Which of the following is true about ‘natural breeding’?
Which of the following is true about ‘natural breeding’?
The correct option is A It involves selecting animals with desirable characteristics and allowing them to mate on their own
Animal breeding is the controlled mating of domesticated animals to produce the offspring with superior genotypes. It can be done using natural and artificial methods.
In natural breeding the animals with the desirable characteristics are selected and allowed to mate by natural means. This process may be random or controlled. Hence option a is true and option c is false.
Random natural breeding is mostly seen in the villages where a few superior bulls are kept along with grazing cows which leads to random mating.
In controlled natural breeding, the selected superior native cows are allowed to mate with superior exotic bulls. It lead to the development of hybrid cows with more milk production and hybrid bulls (hardy, energetic and more agile).
Artificial insemination is an artificial breeding technique which involves injecting the semen of the selected male with desired characterisitcs into the reproductive tract of the selected female animal. So option b is artificial insemination.
Surrogate females are used in the artificial breeding technique known as Multiple Ovulation Embryo Transfer (MOET) technology. Surrogate female is an animal that takes a part of the role of mother to another animal.
So, correct answer is 'a'.
Animal breeding is the controlled mating of domesticated animals to produce the offspring with superior genotypes. It can be done using natural and artificial methods.
In natural breeding the animals with the desirable characteristics are selected and allowed to mate by natural means. This process may be random or controlled. Hence option a is true and option c is false.
Random natural breeding is mostly seen in the villages where a few superior bulls are kept along with grazing cows which leads to random mating.
In controlled natural breeding, the selected superior native cows are allowed to mate with superior exotic bulls. It lead to the development of hybrid cows with more milk production and hybrid bulls (hardy, energetic and more agile).
Artificial insemination is an artificial breeding technique which involves injecting the semen of the selected male with desired characterisitcs into the reproductive tract of the selected female animal. So option b is artificial insemination.
Surrogate females are used in the artificial breeding technique known as Multiple Ovulation Embryo Transfer (MOET) technology. Surrogate female is an animal that takes a part of the role of mother to another animal.
So, correct answer is 'a'.
