Mention the strategy used to increace the homozygosity in cattle of desired traits.

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Inbreeding is the technique which is used to increase the homozygosity in cattle of desired traits.
Inbreeding involves the mating between the breed which is closely related to each other for more than 4 generations it will produce pure breed and also helps in eliminating the harmful genes.

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In breeding technique wherein individuals of same breed having common ancestor for 4-6 generations are breed together continuously.
It promotes homozygosity and gives purelines
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