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Q.MOET technique is used for ............

(a) production of hybrids
(b) inbreeding
(c) outbreeding
(d) outcrossing
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MOET (Multiple Ovulation Embryo Transfer) super-ovulates a donor cow and transfers the resulting embryos into surrogate mothers, so it is a technique for rapidly producing many offspring (hybrids) from elite parents.

Step 1. Recall what MOET actually does. In MOET, a cow is given an FSH-like hormone to induce super-ovulation (six to eight eggs maturing in one cycle instead of the usual one), the cow is mated with an elite bull or artificially inseminated, and the resulting 8-to-32-cell blastocysts are recovered non-surgically and transferred into surrogate mother animals.

Step 2. Identify its purpose. This provides 'the chances of successful production of hybrids' by allowing one exceptional female and an elite bull to produce many more offspring, much faster, than a single natural pregnancy per cycle would allow. …

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