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DOT Code: 041.061-014

Industry: profess. & kin.

Develops systems of breeding desirable characteristics, such as improvement in strength, maturity rate, disease resistance, and meat quality, into economically important animals: Determines generic composition of animal populations, and heritability of traits, utilizing principles of genetics. Crossbreeds animals within existing strains, or crosses strains to obtain new combinations of desirable characteristics. Selects progeny having desired strains of both parents, and continues process until acceptable result is obtained.

GOE: 02.02.01 STRENGTH: L GED: R6 M6 L6 SVP: 8 DLU: 77