Suppose you want to develop a population of Drosophila thatwould rapidly learn to avoid certain substances the flies coulddetect by smell. Based on the heritability estimate you obtainedin Problem 17, do you think it would be worth doing this by artificialselection? Why or why not?

Suppose you want to develop a population of Drosophila thatwould rapidly learn to avoid certain substances the flies coulddetect by smell. Based on the heritability estimate you obtainedin Problem 17, do you think it would be worth doing this by artificialselection? Why or why not?

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Chapter8: Patterns Of Inheritance

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detect by smell. Based on the heritability estimate you obtained
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