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In a population of tomato plants, mean fruit weight is 50 g and (h2 ) is 0.14. Predict the mean weight of the progeny if tomato plants whose fruit averaged 80 g were selected from the original population and interbred.
Express your answer using three significant figures.
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10 years ago
Here's a very similar question with the solution to it

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Please show me the steps In a population of tomato plants, mean fruit weight is 66 \rm g and (h2 ) is 0.54. Predict the mean weight of the progeny if tomato plants whose fruit averaged 85 \rm g were selected from the original population and interbred. M2=

Solution
h = (nextgen-original)/(selected-original)
here nextgen=M2
selected =85
original=66
h=0.54


0.54=(M2-66)/(85-66)
M2=10.26+66= 76.26
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