A Scientist Is Researching Oil Content of Seeds from a New

Multiple Choice

A scientist is researching oil content of seeds from a new plant species named R. tificial. The average oil content from plants in her lab population is 52%, and she has determined the narrow sense heritability (h²) is 0.60. If she randomly mates individuals with 70%, 71%, 72%, 73%, and 74% seed oil content what is the expected response to selection (R) ?

A) 31.2%
B) 12%
C) 6%
D) 72%
E) 24%