BRANCHES
TERMINOLOGIES
DOMINANT
RECESSIVE
TRAITS
100
Studies traits, diseases and abnormalities in humans that are inherited
Human Genetics
100
observable feature
CHARACTER
100
DOMINANT COAT COLOR IN DOGS
BLACK
100
IN HORSES, WHAT IS THE RECESSIVE COAT COLOR
CHESNUT/ SORREL
100
Which trait is litter size?
Fitness Trait
200
Studies chromosomes
CYTOGENETICS
200
genetic code
GENOTYPE
200
IN HORSES, WHICH COLOR IS A DOMINANT TRAIT
BLACK
200
WHICH COAT COLOR IS RECESSIVE IN CATS
WHITE
200
Which trait is backfat thickness in the pig?
Quality traits
300
Studies how genetic and environmental influences would affect behavior.
Behavioral Genetics
300
version of a gene that expresses its associated trait even when paired with a different allele
DOMINANT ALLELE
300
WHICH IS A DOMINANT TRAIT?
ERECT EARS
300
WHICH IS RECESSIVE?
MULE HOVES
300
Features like milk tiled, growth rate, feed efficiency and weaning weight
Production traits
400
Studies of how genetic variation leads to speciation and adaptation and genetic change in response to selection within populations.
Evolutionary Genetics
400
elementary "factors"
GENES
400
IN CHICKEN, WHAT NUMBER OF TOES IS A DOMINANT TRAIT?
5
400
WHICH IS RECESSIVE?
400
Features of more aesthetic nature where personal preference is important and the breeder selects for coat color, coat type, udder shape and construction traits
TYPE TRAIT
500
Studies the roles of genetics and environmental factors on the inheritance of traits
QUANTITATIVE GENETICS
500
States that genes are found at specific locations on chromosomes, and that the behavior of chromosomes during meiosis can explain Mendel’s laws of inheritance.
CHROMOSOME THEORY OF INHERITANCE
500
WHICH IS A DOMINANT CATTLE TRAIT?
500
WHICH TRAIT IS RECESSIVE?
featherless shank
500
These include traits such as herding ability of sheepdogs or tracking ability in police dogs but also docility and response to response to stress in most species.
BEHAVIORAL TRAIT