You are studying directional selection on neck length in two giraffe populations. Below you can see data on neck length (in inches) of the whole population and breeding parents for each of the two populations. (a) Calculate the selection differential for each population. Show your work.
You also have data on the length of necks for parents and their offspring (offspring corresponding to each midparent listed in the adjacent cell). (b) Describe how you would use this data to calculate narrow sense heritability.
(c) Based on parts a and b, in which population would you expect to see the largest evolutionary change in neck length in the next generation? Explain your answer.
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