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Question
Inbreeding is carried out in animal husbandry because it ______.
Options
Increases vigour
Improves the breed
Increases heterozygosis
Increases homozygosis
Solution
Inbreeding is carried out in animal husbandry because it increases homozygosis.
Explanation:
Inbreeding increases homozygosis, which is the condition of having two identical alleles acquired from each parent. It is required if we desire a pure line in any animal.
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