Genetic Structure
Stands for deoxyribonucleic acid
What is DNA?
Two of the same alleles from each parent
What is homozygous?
The father of genetics
Who is Gregor Mendel?
The ability of crossbred animals to have the best traits from each parent, also called hybrid vigor
What is heterosis?
This stands for EPDs
What is Expected Progeny Differences?
The study of genes
What is genetics?
What is heterozygous?
Traits expressed in categories such as eye or hair color
What are qualitative traits?
The degree to which offspring resemble their parent for a particular trait
What is heritability?
The type of traits with the lowest heritability
What are reproductive traits?
An organism's genetic composition
What is genotype?
Used to predict the phenotype of an organism
What is a punnett square?
Traits expressed over a range and measured with numbers
What are quantitative traits?
Has a sire from one breed and a dam from another, each breed excels in a certain characteristics to benefit the producer and the offspring
What is crossbreeding?
The type of traits with the highest heritability
What are carcass traits?
Observable characteristics of an organism
What is phenotype?
The genotype of a heterozygous red steer
What is one uppercase and one lowercase letter?
The heterozygous gene pair (Rr) shows traits of both the dominant and recessive gene (roan coat color)
What is incomplete dominance?
The eggs are collected form a desirable female, fertilized, and implanted in several other females.
What is embryo transfer?
The EPD to check if you are worried about having to pull calves
What is Calving Ease/Calving Ease Direct?
The different variations of genes
What are alleles?
The genotype probability of a cross of a heterozygous sire with a homozygous dominant dam
What is 50% homozygous dominant and 50% heterozygous?
When a heterozygous individual expresses the phenotype of both alleles simultaneously (blood type in humans)
What is codominance?
The practice of using a purebred sire to breed grade females
What is grading up?
The EPD to consider if you want calm cows
What is docility?