Mbg 4020 final exam - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

1. The current Canadian legislation governing the registration of animals in canada is called ANS the Animal Pedigree act 2. what 2 things could reduce genetic variability ANS selection spaying/neutering 3. when calculating an EBV for individual A based on 10 records that are obtained as one record on each of 10 progeny of individual A, that EBV is likely to be more accurate than an EBV based on 10 records that are obtained as repeated records on individual A itself (T/F) ANS true 4. Hip d...

MBG 4020 Final Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass 1) For selection, what do we do if there is more than one trait 2) Describe value 1 - ANSWER-1) -assign overall value to each trait -combine traits into single EBV 2) aka selection index weight -assign percentages (if (and only if) all traits have same scale and range) -adjust for variability and average EBV Describe assigning selection index weights - ANSWER--scale by genetic variation -step one: assign relative emphasis (%) -step 2:...