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Animal Breeding and Transgenic Animal problems


  • 1. Some types of variation are due to changes in the genetic material. What is this type of change called?

  • Options
  • A. Fertilisation
  • B. Mutation
  • C. Radiation
  • D. Sterilisation
  • Discuss
  • 2. Genetic change can occur only in

  • Options
  • A. one way
  • B. two ways
  • C. three ways
  • D. four ways
  • Discuss
  • 3. Animal pharming can be defined as

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  • A. growing animals for farming
  • B. programming animals to produce novel products
  • C. generating transgenic animals for farming
  • D. none of the above
  • Discuss
  • 4. Which of the following statement is correct?

  • Options
  • A. Variation is caused by genes
  • B. Variation is caused by the environment
  • C. Variation can be caused by both genes and the environment
  • D. None of the above
  • Discuss
  • 5. Which of the following is/are the method of transfection for making transgenic animals?

  • Options
  • A. Transfer of whole nuclei
  • B. Transfer of whole individual chromosomes or fragment
  • C. Transfer of DNA
  • D. All of the above
  • Discuss
  • 6. Multiple ovulation and embryo transfer (MOET)

  • Options
  • A. can increase the rate of progress in dairy cattle
  • B. allows progeny testing of males
  • C. allows progeny testing of females
  • D. all of the above
  • Discuss
  • 7. The success of embryo transplantation depends upon the ability to obtain an increased number of embryos from animals of superior genetic merit, which can be achieved by the use of

  • Options
  • A. exogenous gonadatrophic hormones
  • B. endogenous gonadatrophic hormones
  • C. both (a) and (b)
  • D. FSH (Follicle Stimulating Hormone)
  • Discuss
  • 8. In which year, Dolly the first mammalian clone was born?

  • Options
  • A. 1995
  • B. 1997
  • C. 1996
  • D. 1998
  • Discuss
  • 9. DNA microinjection into the egg has been used to produce which of the following transgenic animals?

  • Options
  • A. Mice
  • B. Chicken
  • C. Pigs
  • D. All of these
  • Discuss
  • 10. For the rapid genetic progress, embryo transfer (ET)

  • Options
  • A. will be as potent a tool as AI (artificial insemination)
  • B. will not be as potent a tool as AI (artificial insemination)
  • C. ET can't be used at all
  • D. will be a superior tool than AI
  • Discuss

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