Some breeds of sheep bear only a coat of fine hair. Such animals are reared by selective breeding. In India, sheep are reared generally in the sates of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim, or the plains of Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan and Gujarat.
a. What do you understand by selective breeding?
b . What are the advantages of the above mentioned process?
c. Name any two important breeds of sheep which are reared by selective breeding process.
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a) the process by which humans use animal breeding and plant breeding toselectively develop particular phenotypic traits (characteristics) by choosing which typically animal or plant males and females willsexually reproduce and have offspring together.
b)One big advantage of selective breeding is its capability to eliminate animal and plant diseases. This selective breeding has resulted in a multitude of illnesses related to their excessive amount of hair, such as deaths from overheating and flystrike and as well as the pain caused to them during shearing.
b)One big advantage of selective breeding is its capability to eliminate animal and plant diseases. This selective breeding has resulted in a multitude of illnesses related to their excessive amount of hair, such as deaths from overheating and flystrike and as well as the pain caused to them during shearing.
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