Question: 1 4 a . In conducting a common garden experiment with ragweed plants you calculate phenotypic and genotypic variance estimates on plant height. What are

14a. In conducting a common garden experiment with ragweed plants you calculate phenotypic and genotypic variance estimates on plant height. What are the broad and narrow sense heritability of plant
height in this population? (3)
14b. In a selection experiment involving this population of plants, you are selecting for greater height. If the mean height of this population is 151 cm and the mean height of the breeding population is 194 cm , what would the mean height of the population be in the next generation? (3)15. You are studying a quantitative character, weight in marsh monkeys. You have determined that this characteristic is due to an additive interaction between two genes. Individuals that are \(\mathrm{AA}: \mathrm{BB}\) are 24 kg while individuals with the genotype aa:bb are 16 kg . Each functional allele (capital letter) adds equally to
weight. The allele frequencies for each locus are provided below and both loci are in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium and independently assorting. Provide the size distribution of the population. (6)
Freq. \(\mathrm{A}=0.38\)
Freq. \(\mathrm{a}=0.62\)
Freq. \( B=0.53\)
Freq. \( b=0.47\)
1 4 a . In conducting a common garden experiment

Step by Step Solution

There are 3 Steps involved in it

1 Expert Approved Answer
Step: 1 Unlock blur-text-image
Question Has Been Solved by an Expert!

Get step-by-step solutions from verified subject matter experts

Step: 2 Unlock
Step: 3 Unlock

Students Have Also Explored These Related Biology Questions!