GATE XL · 2022 · XL-T
Question 103: Genetics
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Question 103
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The average body length of Drosophila nasuta collected from Andaman and Nicobar Islands is 2 mm. From this population, a few males and females having a body length of 3 mm were selected and interbred. The average body length of the resultant progeny was 2.5 mm. The heritability (h²) of the body length in this population is _______. (round off to one decimal place)
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2022XL-T
GATE XL 2022 · Paper 1
Life Sciences · Original paper archive
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- Section XL-T
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- Numerical answer (NAT)
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- 2 marks
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