Microevolution allows us to see a small scale of evolution over a short period of time. To visually see and test evolution we need organisms that adapt quickly and have short life spans. Fruit flies, Drosophila melanogaster, are model organisms in order to gather as much information within a short period of time. Fruit flies have a life span of about 2 weeks, and are low maintenance, making it easy to see several generations. (Varga, S. J., Qi, C., Podolsky, E., & Lee, D , 2014) According to Hardy Weinberg’s conditions, considering they are met, “no evolution will take place.” (University of South Florida Department of Biology, 2017)
Our fly population is scaled-down, which goes against one of Hardy Weinberg’s conditions. He believed that a
Our fly population is scaled-down, which goes against one of Hardy Weinberg’s conditions. He believed that a