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Horse Quiz 2genetics
Genetics, colors and breeding
Question | Answer |
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Name the five basic horse coat colors | bay,black,chestnut,and white |
What are the five major variations to the basic colors? | Dun (buckskin), grey, palomino, pinto and roan |
What is said to be the hardest color to describe, but the easiest to distinguish? | Bay |
A sire's offspring are referred as to what? | Get |
What is the male parent or father called? | Sire |
The female parent in horses is referred to as the _________. | Dam |
What is the scientific study of how characteristics are passed from parents to off spring? | Genetics |
Name two types of cell division? | Mitosis and meiosis |
What breed describes the ideal color as that of a newly minted coin? | palomino |
What are threadlike structures that appear in pairs or twins in body cells? | Chromosomes |