Question

Are any traits more likely to be under directional selection than stabilizing or disruptive selection? (The best fit is the one with the greater R2value. Select “Display R2 value on chart” to see this).

Weight vs fitness 14 y -0.015x2 +1.8602x-52.383 R2=0.0998 12 10 6 y 0.1547x-4.4763 R2 = 0.0695 4 oww. 75.0 70.0 60.0 65.0 55.0 50.0 40.0 45.0 weight (kg) fitness foot length (cubs weaned) 2. body length vs. fitness 14 y = -0.0084x2 +1.7491x-85.845 R2 = 0.078 12 10 6 y= 0.1352x-8.791 R2=0.0626 gemeteIST1 115.0 110.0 105.0 100.0 95.0 90.0 85.0 80.0 75.0 70.0 foot length vs. fitness 00 80.0 85.0 90.0 95.0 100.0 105.0 foot length vs. fitness 14 y =0.0007x2-0.2187x + 8.6856 R2 0.0051 12 10 6 2 21.0 20.0 19.0 18.0 17.0 16.0 15.0 shoulder Cubs weaned 19.8 2 19 19.0 1 20 21 Leg length vs. fitness 3 14 y 0.1658x2-8.0932x+ 102.6 R2=0.0467 4 12 5 6 10 7 y 0.2744x-2.6279 R2 = 0.0155 8 0 4 MAMINHOgNNN 1 2 2 3 4 26.0 30.0 28.0 22.0 24.0 20.0 5 36 00 4 20.0 22.0 24.0 26.0 28.0 30.0 85 36 37 shoulder height vs. fitness 38 14 39 y O.0384x2-5.6332x+ 210.11 R2-0.0979 140 141 12 10 142 143 144 # 0.2984x-18.776 6 145 R#0.0802 146 147 148 149 86,0 84.0 82.0 80.0 76.0 78.0 74.0 72.0 150 70.0 68.0 151 152 153 154

Answer 1

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