In the Section "Investigating Life: Size Matters in Fishing Frenzy",the

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Multiple Choice

In the section "Investigating Life: Size Matters in Fishing Frenzy",the heritability of body size was 20% regulated by the environment (and 80% controlled by genes) in Atlantic silversides.What would happen to the figure if heritability was 80% regulated by the environment (and 20% regulated by genes) ?

• A)The changes in average size would occur more rapidly.
• B)The changes in average size would occur more slowly.
• C)No changes in average size would occur.
• D)The fish would never get as large under the same environmental conditions.
• E)The fish would avoid predation.

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