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Strategies for Enhancement in Food Reproduction — BIOLOGY STD 12 Science — Question

Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 ScienceBIOLOGYStrategies for Enhancement in Food Reproduction2 Marks
Question
Differentiate between cross-breeding and interspecific hybridisation.
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Answer

S.No.
Cross-breeding
Interspecific Hybridisation
1.
It is a method of outbreeding in which superior males of one breed are mated with the superior females of another breed.
 
It is a method of outbreeding in which desired male and female animals of two different species of the same genus, are mated.
2.
It allows the combining of the desirable traits of two different breeds (of the same species) into one.
This allows combining of the desirable traits of two different species into one.

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