Human Anatomy & Physiology (11th Edition)
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Your dream has come true, you’re a marine biologist studying Narwhals in the arctic. They have been trying to understand the heritability of tusk length in this species. You are able to take measurements of them in the wild, and in an aquarium where they are treated well with temperature-controlled pools, and a standardized diet. Within the aquarium, there is no environmental variation.
In the wild, the total variance was determined to be 10 feet. In the aquarium, total variance between subjects was found to be 3 feet.
A-In the aquarium, what is the Vgenetic ?
B-In the aquarium, VEnvironmental is ?
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