A cultivator is breeding a crop for increased fruit production. The mean fruit weight in the population in 500g and the plants selected for breeding have an average fruit weight of 450g. The response to selection (R) is - 25g. What is the narrow sense heritability (h2) ?
A) h2 = 0.20
B) h2 = 2.00
C) h2 = 0.05
D) h2 = 0.50
E) h2 = 0.06
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