Topic: Biocontrol agents and biofertilizers· Biology and Human Welfare

Interspecific hybridization is the mating of

1. two different related species

2. superior males and females of different breeds

3. more closely related individuals within same breed for 4–6 generations

4. animals within same breed without having common ancestors

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Answer: 1. two different related species

In interspecific hybridisation, male and female animals of two different related species are mated (for example, a mule from a horse and a donkey).

Option 2 is outbreeding between breeds (cross-breeding), option 3 is inbreeding, and option 4 is outcrossing.

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