Expert: Walter Hintz - 10/28/2004

Question
How do we as (humans) benefit from Breeding plants and animals?Define inbreeding and test cross.

Answer
We have benefited by getting better foods.  Our fruits are the result of artificial selection.  Take apples for example.  Wild apples do not look like those big red juicy ones you see at a market.  Market animals are quite different from wild game..
 Inbreeding is breeding within the species for a particular reason and back to the parental generation.  It involves breeding between parents and siblings.
  Test crosses are used to determine parental genotypes