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What Is Meant by the Term Heritability? Describe the Components

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What is meant by the term heritability? Describe the components of heritability and provide a brief explanation of each.Of what interest is heritability to animal and plant breeders?


Definitions:

Lactate

A compound produced during anaerobic metabolism, often used by muscles as an energy source during intense exercise.

Actin Myofilament

Actin myofilaments are thin filaments composed of the protein actin and are essential components of the cytoskeleton and muscle contraction.

Myosin Myofilament

A type of protein filament in muscle cells responsible for muscle contraction, part of the thick filaments in myofibrils.

Sarcomere

The basic unit of a muscle's cross-striated myofibril, responsible for muscle contraction.

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