Which of the following statements is not correct regarding inbreeding?
It is the breeding between animals of the same breed.
It decreases homozygosity
It exposes harmful recessive genes.
It helps in accumulation of superior genes
Homozygosity -
The state of possessing two identical forms of a particular gene, one inherited from each parent.
- wherein
Inbreeding increases homozygosity. Thus inbreeding is necessary if we want to evolve a pureline in any animal.