Predict the tail lengths of the sons

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Assume if heritability of male tail length in a bird was known to be 0.5, and female birds impose a selection differential of five cm on male tail length because they are more attracted to long tails, how would you predict the tail lengths of the sons to differ from the tail lengths of the males in the parental population?

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