ANSC 4395 Examination 1 2025

ANSC 4395 Examination 1 2025 What is Animal Breeding - answer-Scientific field that uses the principles of genetics to aid in the improvement of livestock. What are the 3 classes of cattle? - answer-British American Exotics- usually European Who is Robert Bakewell? - answer-"Father of Animal Breeding" - Leased out Bulls What did Robert Bakewell not hesitate to mate? - answer-"best to the best" with little regard to ancestry. Not afraid to inbreed. What was one of the first organized breeds of livestock in 1580? - answer-Shorthorns Who is Gregor Mendel? - answer-He established basic genetic principles that are still accepted today. What did Gregor Mendel study? - answer-The genetics of the garden pea. Population Genetics - answer-Branch of genetics which deals with the factors that affect the genetic structure of populations. *what % of alleles and genotypes* What two guys were involved with population genetics? - answer-1. Dr. Sewell Wright 2. Sir Ronald Fisher Dr. Wright did research with who? - answer-USDA and then later at the University of Chicago Worked at the Rothamstead Experiment Station in Great Britain. - answer-Dr. Fisher Dr. Jay Lush - answer-"Father of MODERN animal breeding" *established a formal theoretical framework to the science of animal bre