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Theaverage weight of a line of oranges is 16 g. Average juice contentof the fruit is 28 ml. farmers one to select for smaller orangeswith a higher juice content. You know that narrow senseheritability for size is 0.80 and for juice content is 0.60. A treeproducing oranges with an average weight of 12 g in juice contentof 30 A tree producing oranges with an average weight of 12 g injuice content of 30ml is self-fertilized to produce a line ofsmaller, juicy oranges. What trait is most responsive to selection:size, juice, they are equal

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ANSWER For the average weight of the oranges the selection differential is calculated as S mean of parents selected mean of the orange plant population 12 g 16 g 4 g R Response to    See Answer
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