Reproductive Technologies

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What is a gene pool?
combination of all versions of all the genes of a species
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What is a health problem in females?
hypothyroidism
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What is a health problem in males?
prostate problems
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What is IVF?
eggs are taken from an infertile female, fertilized outside the body and then put back in to a surrogate or frozen
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What is superovulation?
increase the number of ova, so she produces more eggs, so more potential of mating
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What is oestrus synchronisation?
regulate the oestrus cycle of group of animals, offspring will then hopefully be due the same time
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What is Embryo Transfer?
increase eggs, then inseminated over and over, eggs are collected and the best are transferred to different females
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What is Cloning?
a somatic cell is turned in to an egg cell from the DNA
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What is Genetic Analysis?
using blood samples to create a genetic profile of an animal, to determine genetic problems
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What is Genetic Engineering?
contains engineered or altered genetic material through modern biotechnology that can give them a new trait
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What is Artificial Insemination?
using semen to insert in to the female
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What is Positive Assortive Mating?
mating animals with similar phenotypes (features), in attempt to increase their traits in their offspring
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What is Negative Assortive Mating?
mating animals with opposite features that can lead to more variety in their offspring
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What is an inbreeding coefficient?
gives the probability of how genetically similar or closely related two individuals are. higher coefficient means the more closely related they are
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What is an example of GE?
glow in the dark animals
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