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Outbreeding is an important strategy of animal husbandry because it:

1. is useful in producing purelines of animals.
2. is useful in overcoming inbreeding depression.
3. exposes harmful recessive genes that are eliminated by selection.
4. helps in accumulation of superior genes.

Correct answer: is useful in overcoming inbreeding depression.

Solution

Outbreeding introduces unrelated genes, which increases heterozygosity and helps restore fitness lost due to inbreeding depression. It is not mainly for making pure lines or accumulating superior genes.

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