Genetics: From Genes to Genomes
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ISBN: 9781259700903
Author: Leland Hartwell Dr., Michael L. Goldberg Professor Dr., Janice Fischer, Leroy Hood Dr.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 22, Problem 10P
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a.
To determine:
The interpretation of the given experiment about the heritability of docile behavior in foxes.
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It is given that an experiment of breeding silver foxes for tameness was started by a geneticist. He began with wild foxes, and select the progeny which showed the least afraid and aggressive towards humans for further reproduction.
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b.
To determine:
Whether the domestication
Introduction:
It is given that silver foxes exhibit morphological changes along with the behavioral changes. They developed spotted coats, floppy ears, and curly tails.
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