Details Title: Animal Breeding Description: Chapter 20 Total Flash Cards: 5 Created: 12/18/2008 21:52:06		New Users: To study from this flashcard set, or to create your own your own study flash cards, REGISTER HERE. Existing Users: CLICK HERE. Additional Agriculture Flashcards
Cards in this set: Term     Name the three general areas in which biotechnology is used in animal breeding Definition     1) altering reproduction   2) aids in predicting BV   3) transferring novel DNA Term      Define biotechnology Definition       anything implemented by humans that alters "natural reproduction"   Term     List ways to alter natural reproduction Definition artificial insemination multiple ovulation and embryo transfer (MOET) in vitro oocyte maturation/in vitro fertilization cloning controlling sex of embryos Term     Define quantitative trait loci (QTL) Definition       the loci that affect or contribute to true breeding value for a trait Term     Define marker-assisted selection (MAS) Definition        identification of different alleles and their effects to predict at least a portion of breeding value directly   using DNA marker information to aid in selection decisions