Coloration Of Guppies Research Paper

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The purpose of this experiment is to determine what causes the trends in the coloration in guppies. The data indicates that the trends in the coloration of the guppies is caused by the number of predators, the placement of the pool, the turbidity level, and that the coloration of guppies is sex-linked. The data shows that there are 5 brightly colored male guppies and 41 drab males in pool one, which is the closest to the main stream. Then in pool four, which is on the top of a waterfall, there are 108 brightly colored male guppies and there are 5 drab colored males. Also, in every single pool, there are no brightly colored female guppies, they are all drab. The data also shows that at pool one, the turbidity level is about 30.2, and the last

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