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What is the broad-sense heritability of these orchids?

Human Heredity: Principles and Issues (MindTap Course List)

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Chapter5: The Inheritance Of Complex Traits

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Inheritance and Mendelian Genetics

Inheritance means the passing of traits to offspring from parents. These traits could be passed either through asexual reproduction or sexual reproduction. The offspring receives the genetic material from the parents. Mendelian inheritance is a certain biological inheritance that follows the rules and principles laid down by Gregor Mendel in 1865. The initial hypothesis was considered wrong, but other inheritance theories modified the concept of inheritance and thus genetics.

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Orchids come in an amazing variety of colours. Scientists found that cloned Cattleya orchids have a phenotypic variance of 14, while wild Cattleya orchids have a phenotypic variance of 29. What is the broad-sense heritability of these orchids?

Definition Definition Observable physical traits or characteristics of an organism, which are determined by its genetic makeup (genotype) as well as environmental factors. These traits can include anything from eye color or height to behavior or disease susceptibility. Understanding an organism's phenotype is important in fields such as genetics, medicine, and ecology.

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