In animal husbandry, outbreeding is employed to:
reduce genetic diversity and promote homogeneity
enhance genetic diversity and improve desirable traits
maintain existing genetic makeup and prevent changes
increase homozygosity and establish pure breeds
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Select the incorrect statement.
Inbreeding increases homozygosity
Inbreeding is essential to evolve purelines in any animal.
Inbreeding selects harmful recessive genes that reduce fertility and productivity
Inbreeding helps in accumulation of superior genes and elimination of undesirable genes
Select the incorrect statement.
Velocity is a vector quantity.
Speed is a vector quantity.
Displacement is a vector quantity.
Mass is a scalar quantity.
