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12.3: Lab 11 report

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    1. Hypothesize which predator will be the most successful. Hypothesize which prey species will be the most successful. As with all hypotheses, be sure to include a reason for your thoughts (3 pts)

    2. Did you reject or fail-to-reject your two hypotheses? Describe below the final ecosystem on your table; who did survive? Why? (3 pts)

    3. Why did we start from 4 predators but 200 prey? What happen if numbers of predators and prey are equal? Explain (3 pts).

    4. Did the other tables end up with an ecosystem similar to yours? Why or why not? (3 pts)

    5. Apart from natural selection, the real evolution process will also be influenced by (a) mutations, (b) migrations from other populations and (c) random processes (“genetic drift”). How you would change the rules of game in order to accommodate one or more of these processes? (3 pts)

      • mutations

      • migration

      • genetic drift


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