Across
- 2. most intensive where animals are very closely related
- 6. traits go relatively unchanged over many generations and produces offspring with similar traits
- 8. a breed that is distinctively red white or roan in color can be polled or horned
- 10. when individuals are bred from closely related individuals including father-daughter brother-sister first cousins etc
- 13. desirable inbred sires would be put onto other breeds or crossbreds
- 14. an official list of animals within a specific breed whose parents are known
- 15. more distantly related organisms which trace back to one common
- 16. all of the organisms living within an area
- 18. the tendency of a crossbred individual to show qualities superior to those of both parents
Down
- 1. concept of crossing two separate lineages that are relatively unrelated
- 2. individuals must trace to specific ancestors recorded at the time the registry was formed
- 3. crossing animals of different species such as the Beefalo
- 4. animals with 100% registered ancestry
- 5. an individual whose parents and ancestors belong to the same breed with at least 7/8 blood
- 7. a stock of animals or plants within a species having a distinctive appearance and typically having been developed by deliberate selection
- 9. results in calves being born with limb deformities and fused joints
- 11. mating of individuals that are relatively unrelated and genetically different
- 12. breed that are adaptable to most climates environments and terrains. Make-up of 3/8 Brahman 5/8 Shorthorn
- 17. having no horns - this trait is dominant to horned