Standard Grade Biology Inheritance Topic Selective Breeding.
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Standard Grade Biology
Inheritance TopicSelective Breeding
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Inheritance
By the end of this lesson you should be able to:
•Describe what selective breeding is.•Explain why selective breeding is useful
to humans•Describe one example in plants &
one in animals
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Selective Breeding
Farmers are always trying to improve their livestock or crops.
Dairy farmers want to have a herd of cows that produce large quantities of milk
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Selective Breeding
Which two cows will the farmer choose to be the parents, if he wants a calf that produces high quality milk?
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Selective Breeding
Beef farmers want to breed cattle that are heavy.
This should mean that there is as much meat as possible for sale.
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Selective Breeding
The beef farmer would also have to consider the quality of the meat.
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Selective Breeding
What quality would be important to sheep farmers?
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Selective Breeding
What quality would be important to farmers of cereal crops?
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Selective Breeding
All domestic dogs are bred from wild dogs.
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Selective Breeding
What qualities would the parent dogs have to produce a husky?
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Selective Breeding
What qualities would the parent dogs have to produce a poodle?
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Selective Breeding
What is the original parent of all these plants?
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Selective Breeding
In your jotter write down what selective breeding is.
Describe an example of selective breeding in
Animals Plants
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Inheritance
Ask your teacher for the “Oil Content in Maize” Problem Solving Sheet.
Answer Q1-5 in your jotter.
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Inheritance
Can you do it?
•Describe what selective breeding is.•Explain why selective breeding is useful
to humans•Describe one example in plants &
one in animals