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AGT 224 Genetics and Breeding

ND2 levelComputing & ICT13 topics

AGT 224 covers 13 topics. StudyPath paces them into daily study sessions that finish before your exam date, with practice questions and worked answers for each one.

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Course outline

The topics this course covers, in teaching order.

  1. Meaning of genetics and breeding
  2. Mitosis
  3. Meiosis
  4. Differences between mitosis and meiosis
  5. Genetic significance of cell division
  6. Mendelian theory
  7. Genes as units of inheritance
  8. Epistasis
  9. Principles of reproduction
  10. Hormones in reproduction
  11. Causes of reproductive failure
  12. Selection in breeding
  13. Desirable offspring improvement

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Meaning of genetics and breeding

Genetics is the study of heredity and variation in organisms, focusing on how traits are transmitted through genes. Breeding is the practical application of genetic principles to select and combine desirable traits in plants or animals.

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