In a wild strain of tomato plants, the phenotypic variance fortomato weight is 3.2 g2. In another strain of highly inbred tomatoesraised under the same environmental conditions, the phenotypicvariance is 2.2 g2. With regard to the wild strain,A. Estimate VG.B. What is hB2?C. Assuming that all of the genetic variance is additive, what is hN2?
Genetic Variation
Genetic variation refers to the variation in the genome sequences between individual organisms of a species. Individual differences or population differences can both be referred to as genetic variations. It is primarily caused by mutation, but other factors such as genetic drift and sexual reproduction also play a major role.
Quantitative Genetics
Quantitative genetics is the part of genetics that deals with the continuous trait, where the expression of various genes influences the phenotypes. Thus genes are expressed together to produce a trait with continuous variability. This is unlike the classical traits or qualitative traits, where each trait is controlled by the expression of a single or very few genes to produce a discontinuous variation.
In a wild strain of tomato plants, the
tomato weight is 3.2 g2. In another strain of highly inbred tomatoes
raised under the same environmental conditions, the phenotypic
variance is 2.2 g2. With regard to the wild strain,
A. Estimate VG.
B. What is hB2?
C. Assuming that all of the genetic variance is additive, what is hN2?
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