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$\ldots \quad \ldots$, A soybean breeder is aiming to breed for early maturation. He was able to cross variety A which has desirable agronomic characteristics but late maturation with variety $B$ which has less-than-ideal agronomic characteristics but early maturation. In addition to the $\mathrm{F}_{1}$ population, $\mathrm{F}_{2}$ and $\mathrm{BC}_{1}$ population were also generated. The variances for each population are presented below. \begin{tabular}{|l|c|c|c|c|c|} \hline Population & $\mathrm{P}_{1}$ & $\mathrm{P}_{2}$ & $\mathrm{~F}_{1}$ & $\mathrm{~F}_{2}$ & $\mathrm{BC}_{1}$ \\ \hline Variance & 3.3 days $^{2}$ & 4.7 days $^{2}$ & 6.6 days $^{2}$ & 19.2 days $^{2}$ & 12.1 days $^{2}$ \\ \hline \end{tabular}Based on the data from this experiment, will you recommend putting in effort to breed for early maturation in soybean? Justify your answer by citing and interpreting the relevant heritability value(s)

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