In order to breed corn with higher oil content in its seeds, you select genotypes with the highest oil content as parents. The starting population has an average oil content of 12%, but the parents you select have an average oil content of 17%. Previous genetic studies in corn using a similar set of genotypes have shown a narrow-sense heritability (h2) of 0.60 for oil content. Based on these data, what percent oil content do you expect to find in the offspring of the selected parents? Selected answer will be automatically saved. For keyboard navigation, press up/down arrow keys to select an answer. a b C d 20% 15% 3% 60%

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In order to breed corn with higher oil content in its seeds, you
select genotypes with the highest oil content as parents. The
starting population has an average oil content of 12%, but the
parents you select have an average oil content of 17%. Previous
genetic studies in corn using a similar set of genotypes have shown
a narrow-sense heritability (h2) of 0.60 for oil content. Based on
these data, what percent oil content do you expect to find in the
offspring of the selected parents?
Selected answer will be automatically saved. For keyboard navigation, press
up/down arrow keys to select an answer.
a
b
C
d
20%
15%
3%
60%
Transcribed Image Text:In order to breed corn with higher oil content in its seeds, you select genotypes with the highest oil content as parents. The starting population has an average oil content of 12%, but the parents you select have an average oil content of 17%. Previous genetic studies in corn using a similar set of genotypes have shown a narrow-sense heritability (h2) of 0.60 for oil content. Based on these data, what percent oil content do you expect to find in the offspring of the selected parents? Selected answer will be automatically saved. For keyboard navigation, press up/down arrow keys to select an answer. a b C d 20% 15% 3% 60%
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