Which of the following options with respect to the below statements is correct ?
Statement 1 - Inbreeding is the mating of two superior male and female organisms of the same breed.
Statement 2 - Inbreeding results in heterozygosity.

Statement 1 and statement 2 are correct.

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Statement 1 is correct but statement 2 is incorrect

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Both statements are incorrect.

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Statement 1 is incorrect but statement 2 is correct.

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The correct option is B Statement 1 is correct but statement 2 is incorrect
Inbreeding is a technique used for cross breeding of animals especially cattle to obtain improved varieties of milch or drought animals. Here, two animals of desired superior traits belonging to the same breed are allowed to mate. Therefore, statement 1 is true.
Continuous inbreeding leads to homozygosity that may lead to inbreeding depression. Therefore, statement 2 is incorrect.
So, the correct answer is 'Statement 1 is correct but statement 2 is incorrect'

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Which of the following options with respect to the below statements is correct ?Statement 1 - Inbreeding is the mating of two superior male and female organisms of the same breed.Statement 2 - Inbreeding results in heterozygosity.

Which of the following options with respect to the below statements is correct ?
Statement 1 - Inbreeding is the mating of two superior male and female organisms of the same breed.
Statement 2 - Inbreeding results in heterozygosity.