Cambridge IGCSE Agriculture — Livestock and Crop Breeding

Led by Gregor Mendel Simulacrum

Genetics and breeding for IGCSE Agriculture — monohybrid inheritance, selective breeding for yield and disease resistance, artificial insemination, and selective breeding versus GM crops. Gregor Mendel Simulacrum leads; Nikolai Vavilov Simulacrum joins for selective breeding.

1. Module 9

   Livestock and Crop Breeding: Genetics and Selective Improvement

   Led by Gregor Mendel Simulacrum

   The question

   What governs the inheritance of agricultural traits, and how does the farmer harness that inheritance to improve their livestock and crops? Gregor Mendel Simulacrum works through all eight genetics terms (chromosome, gene, allele, homozygous, heterozygous, dominant, recessive, genotype, phenotype) and the Punnett square calculations for 1:1 and 3:1 monohybrid crosses. Nikolai Vavilov Simulacrum joins for selective breeding — how artificial selection improves yield, disease resistance, hardiness and appearance in animals and plants — and the benefits of artificial insemination and the distinction between selective breeding and GM crop production.

   Outcome

   The student can define all genetics terms, calculate monohybrid cross ratios, describe selective breeding for named traits, explain artificial insemination benefits, and distinguish selective breeding from GM crops. (Module 9 — Livestock and Crop Breeding)

   Sub-units

   1. ○ 9.1 Monohybrid Inheritance Open this unit → ✓ ↻
   2. ○ 9.2 Selective Breeding and Modern Techniques Open this unit → ✓ ↻
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