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7.- Let us graph both the prey and the predator in one single graph so we can better visualize the whole thing, but we are going to graph frequencies instead of just the plain numbers. Let us calculate the frequencies for each phenotype in each generation, this is the excel table first registering the plain numbers and then calculating the frequencies.
Generation Fork predator Knive predator Spoon predator Black prey Red prey White prey Fork predator frequency Knive predator frequency Spoon predator frequency Black prey frequency Red prey frequency White prey frequency 1 1 0 2 38 16 18 0.33333333 0 0.66666667 0.52777778 0.22222222 0.25 2 0 0 3 46 1 0 0 0 1 0.9787234 0.0212766 0 3 0 0 3 42 2 0 0 0 1 0.95454545 0.04545455 0 The frequency plot is:
You can clearly visulize how one single phenotype in each population is favored and increases across time, while the other two phenotypes in each population decrease until reaching 0 or almost 0
8.- Again but now for different data:
Generation Fork predator Knive predator Spoon predator Black prey Red prey White prey Fork predator frequency Knive predator frequency Spoon predator frequency Black prey frequency Red prey frequency White prey frequency 1 1 0 2 10 26 32 0.33333333 0 0.66666667 0.14705882 0.38235294 0.47058824 2 0 0 3 0 6 32 0 0 1 0 0.15789474 0.84210526 3 0 0 3 0 0 28 0 0 1 0 0 1 The frequencies plot is:
You can clearly visulize how one single phenotype in each population is favored and increases across time, while the other two phenotypes in each population decrease until reaching 0
9.- a) Yes, the color of the environment varied the selective pressure in the population, it favored different phenotypes in each different environment
b) No, the selective pressure applied that led to phenotype frequency variations has nothing to do with these 2 different environments, it was actually a response to effectiveness in hunting
10.- a) The predator population would stay just the same, with only Spoon phenotype. The prey population might lose its red phenotype after 25 generations
b) Well if that happened in 10 years, and if there is still any White allele still surviving then it would be favored and the frequency of White pom poms would increase. But the most probable scenario is that the White alleles will be already lost by then since only 2 red individuals are left in generation 3
Phenotype changes across time in Pom pm populations in Black forests 1.2 1 0.8 0.6 Phenotype frequency 0.4 0.2 0 0 0.5 1 2.5 3 3.5 -0.2 1.5 2 Generations -Fork predator frequency Spoon predator frequency Red prey frequency -Knive predator frequency Black prey frequency White prey frequencyPhenotype changes across time in Pom pm populations in White grasslands 1.2 1 00 0.6 Phenotype frequency 0.4 0.2 0 0.5 1.5 2.5 3 3.5 -0.2 Generation -Fork predator frequency -Spoon predator frequency Red prey frequency -Knive predator frequency Black prey frequency White prey frequency