The table below shows heritability estimates for body weight and egg production in chickens. Trait h^2 Body weight 0.5 Egg production 0.2 Which chicken trait would respond best to selection? Body weight It would depend on the amount of selection that the traits are subjected to. It would depend on the amount of environmental variation each is subjected to Egg production
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