The heritability of body size is 0.2 in Atlantic silversides. What would happen in figure (b) if this heritability was 0.8?
A. The changes in average size would occur more rapidly.
B. The fish would avoid predation.
C. The fish would never get as large under the same environmental conditions.
D. The changes in average size would occur more slowly.
E. No changes in average size would occur.
A. The changes in average size would occur more rapidly.
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