Genetics: Analysis and Principles
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Author: Robert J. Brooker Professor Dr.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 28, Problem 19CONQ
The heritability for egg weight in a group of chickens on a farm in Maine is 0.95. Are the following statements regarding this heritability true or false? If a statement is false, explain why.
A. The environment in Maine has very little effect on the outcome of this trait.
B. Nearly all of the
C. The trait is polygenic and likely to involve a large number of genes.
D. Based on the observation of the heritability in the Maine chickens, it is reasonable to conclude that the heritability for egg weight in a group of chickens on a farm in Montana is also very high.
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