Effect of Selection
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Consider the effect of selection on the length of ears in a population of feral rabbits. For each graph in figures 3, 4, and 5, draw what the shape of the curve would look like after many generations of the type of selection indicated. The dotted curve shows the starting position of the population. Draw your curve over it.
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Consider the effect of selection on the length of ears in a population of feral rabbits. For each graph in figures 3, 4, and 5, draw what the shape of the curve would look like after many generations of the type of selection indicated. The dotted curve shows the starting position of the population. Draw your curve over it.
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