The Variance in Tail Length in a Large Population of Genetically

question 24

Multiple Choice

The variance in tail length in a large population of genetically diverse mice is found to be 21.30.The broad-sense heritability for this trait in an identical population was found to be 0.8.Based on this information,what is the predicted genetic variance (V_g) for these mice?

• A)4.26
• B)17.04
• C)20.50
• D)21.30
• E)26.62

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