. Why does (or doesn’t) the frequency of a physical trait change in a rabbit population in different environments?
c. This is an important investigation as understanding how populations are affected by different traits helps to understand why certain species thrive in an a certain an environment and why others don’t. This is an interesting investigation as there are no predators in this investigation, the rabbits are competing for food and that is why they are dying at an alarming rate.
2a. I will test my design in different environments to determine if the frequency of a trait in a population changes over time in different environments.
b. I will investigate tail length. I’m interested in tail length as it is a physical trait that may or may not lead to the survival or destruction of the rabbit population. …show more content…
In my investigation the mutation will be introduced before every generation, so the mutation will be prominent and there will be no doubt that it played a key role in the survival of the population. In one of the trial the mutation will be expressed as a dominant allele and in another trial, it will be expressed as a recessive allele.
e. I will conduct three replicates of this investigation. The number of trials is immensely important as it establishes a pattern that can be observed by other researchers looking to understand if rabbits having long tails will cause the population to adapt to having long tails to survive or resort to not having long tails as the trait is not the best for the longevity of the population.
f. For each trial I will need to run the simulation until the population of bunnies has died. For the mutated trial, it will be about 7 generations, and for the baseline trial it will be up to 15 generations. The number of trials is a biologically important variable in this investigation as it determines the length of the which in turn determines how effective the investigation is in regards to whether the mutation has a significant impact or
c. This is an important investigation as understanding how populations are affected by different traits helps to understand why certain species thrive in an a certain an environment and why others don’t. This is an interesting investigation as there are no predators in this investigation, the rabbits are competing for food and that is why they are dying at an alarming rate.
2a. I will test my design in different environments to determine if the frequency of a trait in a population changes over time in different environments.
b. I will investigate tail length. I’m interested in tail length as it is a physical trait that may or may not lead to the survival or destruction of the rabbit population. …show more content…
In my investigation the mutation will be introduced before every generation, so the mutation will be prominent and there will be no doubt that it played a key role in the survival of the population. In one of the trial the mutation will be expressed as a dominant allele and in another trial, it will be expressed as a recessive allele.
e. I will conduct three replicates of this investigation. The number of trials is immensely important as it establishes a pattern that can be observed by other researchers looking to understand if rabbits having long tails will cause the population to adapt to having long tails to survive or resort to not having long tails as the trait is not the best for the longevity of the population.
f. For each trial I will need to run the simulation until the population of bunnies has died. For the mutated trial, it will be about 7 generations, and for the baseline trial it will be up to 15 generations. The number of trials is a biologically important variable in this investigation as it determines the length of the which in turn determines how effective the investigation is in regards to whether the mutation has a significant impact or