Late Nite Labs: Population Genetics
In this lab you will formulate a hypothesis about how the introduction of changes into a butterfly habitat will affect the frequency of certain butterfly traits. You will then test your hypothesis by introducing the changes and observing the frequency of traits in six generations of butterflies.
Based on your previous observations, formulate a hypothesis on what the impact of one environmental factor would be. Why do you think this hypothesis might be correct? Keep in mind that any hypothesis that is testable is a good hypothesis. Even if your hypothesis is proven wrong, you will know more about butterfly populations than you did before!
Choose another species or the viral strain, and provide a second hypothesis about how this new introduction, made independently of the first one, would impact trait frequency.