Use the Following to Answer Questions

question 284

Multiple Choice

Use the following to answer questions
Figure: Graph Interpretation
-(Figure: Graph Interpretation) In the graph,_____ is the dependent variable and the slope of the line is _____.

• A) R;negative
• B) R;positive
• C) S;negative
• D) S;positive

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Definitions:

Evolutionary Change

A process through which different kinds of living organisms are thought to have developed and diversified from earlier forms during the history of the earth.

Directional Selection

A mode of natural selection where an extreme phenotype is favored over other phenotypes, causing the allele frequency to shift over time.

Selection Differential

The difference in a particular trait between the selected individuals for breeding and the general population, driving evolutionary changes.

Narrow Sense Heritability

The proportion of phenotypic variance that can be attributed to additive genetic variance, important in the prediction of response to selection.