
PRINCIPLES OF LIFE:DIGITAL UPDATE
3rd Edition
ISBN: 9781319450298
Author: HILLIS
Publisher: MAC HIGHER
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Chapter 13.4, Problem 2RA
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To find: The expected possibility that selection on human birth weight to be stabilizing rather than directional.
Introduction: Human birth weight is a trait under stabilizing selection. In humans, high and low birth weights are correlated with survival in both males and females.
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PRINCIPLES OF LIFE:DIGITAL UPDATE
Ch. 13.1 - Prob. 1LOCh. 13.1 - Prob. 2LOCh. 13.1 - Prob. 3LOCh. 13.1 - Prob. 1RACh. 13.1 - Prob. 2RACh. 13.1 - Prob. 3RACh. 13.1 - Prob. 4RACh. 13.1 - Prob. 5RACh. 13.2 - Prob. 2LOCh. 13.2 - Prob. 1FQ
Ch. 13.2 - Prob. 1.1ICh. 13.2 - Prob. 1.2ICh. 13.2 - Prob. 1RACh. 13.2 - Prob. 2RACh. 13.2 - Prob. 3RACh. 13.2 - Prob. 4RACh. 13.2 - Prob. 5RACh. 13.3 - Prob. 1LOCh. 13.3 - Prob. 2LOCh. 13.3 - Prob. 3LOCh. 13.3 - Prob. 1RACh. 13.3 - Prob. 2RACh. 13.3 - Prob. 3RACh. 13.4 - Prob. 1LOCh. 13.4 - Prob. 2LOCh. 13.4 - Prob. 1FQCh. 13.4 - Prob. 1TKCh. 13.4 - Prob. 2TKCh. 13.4 - Prob. 3TKCh. 13.4 - Prob. 4TKCh. 13.4 - Prob. 5TKCh. 13.4 - Prob. 1RACh. 13.4 - Prob. 2RACh. 13.4 - Prob. 3RACh. 13.5 - Prob. 1LOCh. 13.5 - Prob. 2LOCh. 13.5 - Prob. 1ICh. 13.5 - Prob. 1RACh. 13.5 - Prob. 2RACh. 13.5 - Prob. 3RACh. 13 - Prob. 1.1QCh. 13 - Prob. 1.2QCh. 13 - Prob. 1.3QCh. 13 - Prob. 2.1QCh. 13 - Prob. 2.2QCh. 13 - Prob. 2.3QCh. 13 - Prob. 3.1QCh. 13 - Prob. 3.2QCh. 13 - Prob. 4.1QCh. 13 - Prob. 5.1Q
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