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Assertion : Mating of more closely related individuals within the same breed for 4-6 generation is called in breeding.
Reason : When inbreeding depression becomes a problem, selected animals of the breeding population should be mated with unrelated superior animals of the another breed.

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If both assertion and reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion

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If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion

C

If assertion is true but reason is false

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If both assertion and reason are false

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Mating of more closely related individuals within the same breed for 4-6 generations is called inbreeding.
When inbreeding depression becomes a problem, selected animals of the breeding population should be mated with unrelated superior animals of the same breed.
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