Problems
1. A catfish farmer decides to initiate a selection programme for increased growth rate in the marion strain of channel catfish, which currently averages 454 g at 18 months of age at his farm. To implement his programme, the farmer selects 50 females that average 604g and 40 males that average 692g. What is the predicted average weight in the next generation? Given: h2 for growth in this strain is 0.50 . |
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