. A population of red deer were trapped on an island off of England during the last interglacial period. Within 6,000 years, the population evolved from a mean weight of 200 kg to a mean weight of 36 kg. The generation time of red deer is 5 years and the narrow sense heritability of body weight is 0.5. What is the rate of evolutionary change (in Darwins)?

. A population of red deer were trapped on an island off of England during the last interglacial period. Within 6,000 years, the population evolved from a mean weight of 200 kg to a mean weight of 36 kg. The generation time of red deer is 5 years and the narrow sense heritability of body weight is 0.5. What is the rate of evolutionary change (in Darwins)?

Biology (MindTap Course List)

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Author:Eldra Solomon, Charles Martin, Diana W. Martin, Linda R. Berg

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Chapter18: Introduction To Darwinian Evolution

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 14TYU: EVOLUTION LINK Write short paragraphs explaining each of the following statements: (a) Natural...

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