Livestock Reproduction

controls temperature of the testes

• penis
• scrotum
• testicle
• epididymis

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Sperm is stored in:

• epididymis
• testicle
• scrotum

The passageway for fetus during birth and organ for copulation

• ovary

• clitoris

• vagina

• uterus

The release of an egg cell is called:

• fertilization
• ovulation
• menstruation
• ejaculation

Fertilized eggs are known as

• ova
• sperm
• zygotes
• chromosomes

A person who breeds animals keeps careful records of the fur color of parents and offspring from each generation. The fur color is a trait transferred from generation to generation.

What are the structures that carry the information for these traits called?

• organelles

• genes

• muscles

• cytoplasm

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Which of the following is a phenotype?

• Aa
• red hair
• heterozygous genes
• mutated DNA

In a heterozygous genotype, the ___________ allele takes over in the phenotype.

• recessive
• dominant
• lower case letter
• both 

G = green, g = yellow
The genotype for a yellow plant is...

• GG
• Gg
• gg
• all of the choices result in yellow

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The EPD trait that predicts the average size of calves is: 

• Maternal milk
• Yearling weight
• Weaning weight
• Birth weight