Assignment Task: Answer the following questions by using the research paper (attached below) by providing explanations using the text
1. Describe the trait and the type of the variation in the trait.
2. Describe and explain how the variation in the trait is being determined. (Parent offspring comparisons, heritability calculations.
3. What the fitness advantage?
4. What is the number of generation and the change in the population at that time?
5. Does the goal demonstrates the three key features of natural selection which are variation exists in population , variation is heritable which has a genetic basis , and does the variation causes most of the individuals to perform better than others?
Reference:
Merilä, J., L. E. B. Kruuk, and B. C. Sheldon. "Natural selection on the genetical component of variance in body condition in a wild bird population." Journal of Evolutionary Biology 14.6 (2001): 918-929.