Data and Results:
During ten generations of construction bugs, the blue construction bug declined in number greatly and then went extinct, the yellow construction bug number declined greatly and then leveled out, the purple construction bug number increased greatly and then declined, the green construction bug number increased greatly, declined greatly ,and then increased slightly, and the orange construction bug number increased, decreased, and increased again.
Conclusion: The aforementioned hypothesis was incorrect. The hypothesis said that the bugs would be 25% yellow, 25% pink, 25% purple, 25% green, 0 % blue, and 0% orange, after ten generations because the first four types of bugs would be the best at blending into their environment …show more content…
The experiment was limited because it only allowed for a very limited number of bugs (twenty to forty at a time) and also set how many members were eaten and born during each generation instead of allowing for the population to grow and shrink naturally, which was impossible to do with construction bugs. A next step to the experiment could be changing how many bugs are born and how many die per generation, as well as allowing for the existence of more and less than 40 bugs at a time. Both the lab and evolution/natural selection are affected by the selection pressure of predation, which results in individuals with disadvantageous traits dying, and not passing on their traits, and those with advantageous traits surviving, and passing on their traits to their offspring. The environment, in the case of the lab and in nature, can make certain bugs more noticeable than others, which would increase the chances of them being found, killed, and eaten by predators. In other words, the environment increased the phenotype frequencies of the bugs that could blend into them and decreased the phenotype frequencies of the bugs that could not blend into them. This topic
During ten generations of construction bugs, the blue construction bug declined in number greatly and then went extinct, the yellow construction bug number declined greatly and then leveled out, the purple construction bug number increased greatly and then declined, the green construction bug number increased greatly, declined greatly ,and then increased slightly, and the orange construction bug number increased, decreased, and increased again.
Conclusion: The aforementioned hypothesis was incorrect. The hypothesis said that the bugs would be 25% yellow, 25% pink, 25% purple, 25% green, 0 % blue, and 0% orange, after ten generations because the first four types of bugs would be the best at blending into their environment …show more content…
The experiment was limited because it only allowed for a very limited number of bugs (twenty to forty at a time) and also set how many members were eaten and born during each generation instead of allowing for the population to grow and shrink naturally, which was impossible to do with construction bugs. A next step to the experiment could be changing how many bugs are born and how many die per generation, as well as allowing for the existence of more and less than 40 bugs at a time. Both the lab and evolution/natural selection are affected by the selection pressure of predation, which results in individuals with disadvantageous traits dying, and not passing on their traits, and those with advantageous traits surviving, and passing on their traits to their offspring. The environment, in the case of the lab and in nature, can make certain bugs more noticeable than others, which would increase the chances of them being found, killed, and eaten by predators. In other words, the environment increased the phenotype frequencies of the bugs that could blend into them and decreased the phenotype frequencies of the bugs that could not blend into them. This topic