TERMS USED IN ANIMAL IMPROVEMENT
CONTENT
- Definition of Animal Improvement
- Terms Used in Animal Improvement
Definition of Animal Improvement
Animal improvement is defined as the process whereby inherited superior traits are transferred from one animal to the other of the same species. Certain characteristics such as good feeding conversion, growth rate, meat quality, high milk yield, good body form, etc. are major considerations in animal improvement.
Genetic Terms used in Animal Improvement
1. Breed
It is a population of animals with the same gene composition exhibiting the same characters or traits
2. Characters/Traits
These are heritable attributes which the animal breeders select e.g. color, size, animal height, etc.
3. Chromosomes
It is a structural unit of the nucleus which carries the gene in a linear order.
4. Chromatin
It is one of the two thread-like structures formed by the longitudinal division of chromosome during meiotic division.
5. Genes
They are hereditary unit of inheritance responsible for transmission of traits from parent to the offspring.
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