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Briefly explain why a high heritability is preferred for a trait.

Not every additional record has an equal effect on repeatability

Briefly explain why a high heritability is preferred for a trait.

This is Problem 1C. Use your scratch paper to show your work (points will be deducted if no work is shown, even if the final number is correct). Enter the final number for this question online before you move to the next question. You will upload all your papers at the end of the exam. Using all the information in Problem 1A, predict the WW for an animal with a 62 lb BW.  

Heterosis is greater for lowly heritable traits

Heterosis is greater for more similar breeds

The accuracy increases as the number of records……

Heterosis is greater for lowly heritable traits

This is Problem 7A. Use your scratch paper to show your work (points will be deducted if no work is shown, even if the final number is correct). Enter the final number for this question online before you move to the next question. You will upload all your papers at the end of the exam. In a population of captive animals, you have capacity to hold 50 animals. For this species, the best reproductive rates are achieved with a ratio of four females mated to each male. If you follow that ratio, what is the effective population size?

This is Problem 7A. Use your scratch paper to show your work (points will be deducted if no work is shown, even if the final number is correct). Enter the final number for this question online before you move to the next question. You will upload all your papers at the end of the exam. In a population of captive animals, you have capacity to hold 50 animals. For this species, the best reproductive rates are achieved with a ratio of four females mated to each male. If you follow that ratio, what is the effective population size?