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what is a simply inherited trait - Correct Answers ✅trait
affected by one or only a few genes
what is a polygenic trait - Correct Answers ✅trait
controlled by two or more genes
polygenic traits are described as... - Correct Answers
✅numbers
polygenic traits are greatly influenced by..... - Correct
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-Lack of feed
-Heat/cold stress
-Training of quarter horses (speed)
the more genes involved the ______ it is to determine their
effects - Correct Answers ✅harder
what are test matings - Correct Answers ✅mating
designed to reveal the genotype of an individual for a small
number of loci (designed to reveal the genotype of a simply
inherited trait)
, ANSC 4395 Exam 3 Exam Questions and
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what are the three types of test matings? - Correct Answers
✅mating to recessive
mating to heterozygous
mating a sire to daugthers
the probability of a heterozygous male having normal
offspring....... - Correct Answers ✅diminishes rapidly as the
number of mating increases
statistics - Correct Answers ✅estimate of a paramater
paramater - Correct Answers ✅a value that describes a
population
population - Correct Answers ✅all the members of a group
sample - Correct Answers ✅subject of a popualtion
discrete variables - Correct Answers ✅have distinct values
continuous variables - Correct Answers ✅for any two
values; there is a possible intermediate value