You Are Hired as a Consultant for a New Venture

Essay

You are hired as a consultant for a new venture: pet-squirrel breeding! Because customers prefer bushy tails on their pet squirrels, you are asked to help produce bushy-tailed squirrels from a local population as quickly and efficiently as possible. Of course, you know that bushy tails are a quantitative genetic trait in squirrels.
a. What information would you need to obtain in order to accomplish this task?
b. Given your success at this job, you are hired by a breeder in Canada to help set up a breeding program. You hate the cold weather and want to avoid any unnecessary trips to Canada. Can you take what you have learned about your local population of squirrels and apply it to the Canadian population? Why or why not?