Combined Science GCSE
Repeated breeding over generations
What Repeated breeding over generations means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Repeated breeding over generations
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Breeding the chosen parents together, then breeding the offspring that show the desired characteristic together, continuing over many generations.
Topics that use Repeated breeding over generations
- Selective breeding (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- artificial selection
- Artificial selection by humans
- change in allele frequency over generations
- Desired characteristic
- Inbreeding
- Inheritance of harmful recessive alleles
- Production of true-breeding populations
- Reduced genetic variation
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