Throughout the lab, we examined bunnies in different scenarios/major events which impacted allele frequencies of the bunnies. The hypothesis for Part A was that if there is no natural selection, then the allele frequency for the bunnies will not change. This proved to be true, given that all the Generation 1 bunnies were unaffected. For example, in all charts for Generation 1, the total alleles were 100 and alleles F and f both equally had 50. This demonstrates that if the allele frequency did not change, then the bunny population had no change in quantities of alleles, proving the first hypothesis to be correct. The second hypothesis: if there is mutation, then the allele frequency will change because a new type of bunny is being introduced.
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The result of this caused the phenotype of furless bunnies to decrease as well as the genotype of ff to decrease. In data Table 1, the number of furless bunnies decreased from 50 to 22 from Generation 1 to Generation2. Since the furless bunnies could not withstand the cold, they did not survive which caused their number to drop. Moreover, the gene flow situation consisted of adding ten new fur bunnies to the preexisting population. In data Table 2 for Group 1, the number of fur bunnies increased from 50 to 60 from Generation 1 to 2. The result of this scenario was an increase in the phenotype of fur bunnies which correlates to the increase of the genotype of FF. The mutation scenario was the addition of ten new bunnies who has long fur. The long fur allele was dominant to the other alleles. In data Table 3, Generation 1 had no BlBl, BlF, or Blf genotypes but in Generation 2, the amount of BlBl increased to 1, BlF to 1, and Blf to 7. The population of rabbits changed phenotypically because a new type of rabbit added variation to the population. Genotypically, the bunnies had a new genotype which was dominant which caused them to overpower other alleles in the population, certain genotypes became specifically present. The non-random mating situation had female fur bunnies specifically desired the furless look in males. In Table 4, the number of bunnies with the genotype of Ff increased from 24 to 36 from Generation 1 to 2. This phenotypically added more fur bunnies to the population and genotypically add more genotypes of Ff because of fur mating with furless. In the genetic drift scenario, the a fire kills of a certain number of bunnies. In data Table 5, the number of fur bunnies dropped from 39 to 31 from first to second generation and the number of furless bunnies dropped from 11 to 10. This caused the phenotype of fur to still be more present in the population and it caused the overall
The result of this caused the phenotype of furless bunnies to decrease as well as the genotype of ff to decrease. In data Table 1, the number of furless bunnies decreased from 50 to 22 from Generation 1 to Generation2. Since the furless bunnies could not withstand the cold, they did not survive which caused their number to drop. Moreover, the gene flow situation consisted of adding ten new fur bunnies to the preexisting population. In data Table 2 for Group 1, the number of fur bunnies increased from 50 to 60 from Generation 1 to 2. The result of this scenario was an increase in the phenotype of fur bunnies which correlates to the increase of the genotype of FF. The mutation scenario was the addition of ten new bunnies who has long fur. The long fur allele was dominant to the other alleles. In data Table 3, Generation 1 had no BlBl, BlF, or Blf genotypes but in Generation 2, the amount of BlBl increased to 1, BlF to 1, and Blf to 7. The population of rabbits changed phenotypically because a new type of rabbit added variation to the population. Genotypically, the bunnies had a new genotype which was dominant which caused them to overpower other alleles in the population, certain genotypes became specifically present. The non-random mating situation had female fur bunnies specifically desired the furless look in males. In Table 4, the number of bunnies with the genotype of Ff increased from 24 to 36 from Generation 1 to 2. This phenotypically added more fur bunnies to the population and genotypically add more genotypes of Ff because of fur mating with furless. In the genetic drift scenario, the a fire kills of a certain number of bunnies. In data Table 5, the number of fur bunnies dropped from 39 to 31 from first to second generation and the number of furless bunnies dropped from 11 to 10. This caused the phenotype of fur to still be more present in the population and it caused the overall