Question: 8 . Selective breeding can be conducted to alter the abdomen length in a species of fruit flies. Let s suppose you want to practice

8. Selective breeding can be conducted to alter the abdomen length in a species of fruit flies. Lets suppose you want to practice selective breeding to make longer flies. In a starting population, the average abdomen length is 1.01 mm. You choose 10 parents (five males and five females) with the following abdomen lengths: 0.97,0.99,1.05,1.06,1.03,1.21,1.22,1.17,1.19, and 1.20. You mate them and then analyze the abdomen lengths of 30 offspring (half male and half female): 0.99,1.15,1.20,1.33,1.07,1.11,1.21,0.94,1.07,1.11,1.20,1.01,1.02,1.05,1.21,1.22,1.03,0.99,1.20,1.10,0.91,0.94,1.13,1.14,1.20,0.89,1.10,1.04,1.01,1.26. Calculate the realized heritability of abdomen length in this group of flies.

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