Living Environment Honors Unit 13: Genetic Engineering Study Guide.

Living Environment Honors Unit 13: Genetic Engineering Study Guide. Selective - answerto choose, usually looking for the best qualities breeding - answerreproducing or mating selective breeding - answer-also called artificial selection -individuals with desirable traits are mated to produce offspring with those traits -ex: dairy farmers may choose to mate only cows that give the most milk types of selective breeding - answerhybridization inbreeding inbreeding - answermating closely related individuals to obtain a desired trait advantages & disadvantages of Inbreeding - answeradvantages -desired trait is obtained -ex: size, milk production, resistance to disease, etc disadvantages -recessive traits are inherited, increase in disease hybridization - answer-also called crossbreeding -crossing individuals with different desirable traits to produce an offspring with a combination of both traits examples of hybridization - answergrizzly bear + polar bear = grolar bear whale + dolphin = wholphin why is hybridization beneficial? - answerbenefits -increasing variation -new traits are inherited