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ANS102
Exam 1 Review
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Agriculture
Undergraduate 1
12/06/2011

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When was the Laboratory Animal Welfare Act started?
Definition
1966
Term
When was the Animal Welfare Act initiated?
Definition
1970
Term
Does the Animal Wealfare Act apply to live or dead warm-blooded animals in teaching?
Definition
Yes
Term
Animal care at the U of A is the responsibility of what?
Definition
IACUC
Term
What does the Diversity of Agriculture bring?
Definition
More Job opportunities with many highs and lows.
Term
Statistically how many jobs do people usually have in their lifetime?
Definition
10 or more.
Term
What are one of the trends affecting future employment?
Definition
Public Policy
Term
There is a synergistic relationship between natural selection and???
Definition
Human domestication of animals
Term
How many species of animals are there in the world?
Definition
1,500,000
Term
What is the nation with the largest number of cattle?
Definition
India
Term
The introduction of barbed wire fences and the reduction of ______ helped to increase cattle production in the United States.
Definition
Buffalo
Term
Bighorn sheep are native to where?
Definition
North America
Term
Why was pork consumed in high amounts?
Definition
It is high in fat that provides energy
Term
Why were draft horses imported from Mexico?
Definition
To pull wagons
Term
When was the horse population the highest in the United States?
Definition
1913
Term
What is Taxonomy?
Definition
The science of classifying animals into categories.
Term
What is a farm animal pylum?
Definition
Chordate
Term
What is a farm animal class?
Definition
Aves
Term
The United States has ___% of the world population.
Definition
5%
Term
The United Supplies ___% of the total world supply of food.
Definition
20%
Term
If you are a U of A student and working with animals who must you be certified by?
Definition
IACUC
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What percentage of the American population is involved in food production?
Definition
2%
Term
Are Bos Taurus cattle humped?
Definition
No
Term
Average milk production per dairy cow in the United States is _____ pounds per year.
Definition
22,000
Term
What is the genetic makeup of an animal called?
Definition
Genome
Term
Mitosis:
Definition
Cell division that results in two new cells from the original.
Term
What is the unit of heredity?
Definition
DNA
Term
What is a gene made up of?
Definition
DNA
Term
If the genes on a pair of chromosomes are the same, it is condidered _____.
Definition
Homozygous
Term
In complete dominance, mating parents that are both Aa, the phenotypic ration is?
Definition
3-1
Term
If a Bull is Bb as a genotype, what gametes will he produce?
Definition
B and b
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If a cross is made Bb x Bb, what is the probability of BB?
Definition
25%
Term
If a dihybrid cross is made BbPp x BbPp what is the phenotype ratio?
Definition
9-3-3-1
Term
What are the sex chromosomes for male and females?
Definition
Male: xy
Female: xx
Term
What chromosome possess less genes?
Definition
The y chromosome in males possess less genes than an x chromosome
Term
Breeding of animals more closely related than average is called what?
Definition
Inbreeding
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Mating animals of differing breeds is called what?
Definition
Crossbreeding
Term
Average gestation for a cow.
Definition
282 days
Term
How many major parts are there in the male reproductive system?
Definition
3
Term
What is Cryptorchidism?
Definition
Is a condition where one or both testes do not drop into the scrotums.
Term
How many functions does the testicle epidermis serve?
Definition
4
Term
In male poultry where do the testes remain?
Definition
In the body cavity
Term
Females are born with all of what?
Definition
The ova
Term
Is it true that if fertilization occurs the corpus luteum produces estrogen which maintains pregnancy?
Definition
No
Term
What does the uterus possess?
Definition
Two horns and the cervix
Term
In the hen which side of the ovary and oviduct develop?
Definition
Both
Term
Which period is not a part of the estrous cycle?
Definition
Preestrus
Term
What is the average life of a sperm cell?
Definition
30 hours
Term
What does oxytocin promote?
Definition
Promotes unterine contraction during birth
Term
Identical twins are developed from what?
Definition
One embryo
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