ZIMSEC O-Level Agriculture
5.4.8Animal improvement
Animal improvement in ZIMSEC O-Level Agriculture: what the syllabus expects you to know, the learning objectives and how to practise.
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Learning objectives
What the syllabus expects you to be able to do.
- 5.4.8.1Form 3: explain the stages of mitosis and meiosis and outline the effects of the environment on genes.
- 5.4.8.2Form 4: explain the importance of breeding and the effects of the environment on breeding, distinguish cross-breeding from inbreeding, select animals for breeding and solve test-cross problems with genetic diagrams.
Lessons
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Cell division: mitosis and meiosis
35 min
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Livestock breeding and artificial insemination
40 min
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Monohybrid inheritance and genetic crosses
40 min
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