Genetics: Analysis and Principles
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Chapter 28, Problem 13EQ
An animal breeder had a herd of sheep with a mean weight of 254 pounds at 3 years of age. He chose animals with a mean weight of 281 pounds as parents for the next generation. When these offspring reached 3 years of age, their mean weight was 269 pounds.
A. Calculate the narrow-sense heritability for weight in this herd.
B. Using the heritability value that you calculated in part A, what mean weight would you have to choose for the parents to get offspring that weigh 275 pounds on average (at 3 years of age)?
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