Analysis:
1. Which of the 5 requirements for H-W are present in this model?
2. How did the population bottleneck that you experienced in this lab qualitatively affect H-W frequencies?
3. You are running a ferret farm and you found a hole between your ferret pens and believe the change in q is
due to migration and you need to find out how many animals traded pens. What is m?
(Use the agility trait)
4. What was H (heterozygosity) before you started this lab? (Include all traits)
5. What was H after one generation? Did the heterozygosity value change?
6. Despite all the other factors involved you want to check for an inbreeding coefficient. What is the
inbreeding coefficient for your ferret population? Use the new H to calculate an inbreeding coefficient.
7. Write a paragraph of what your group feels will happen to your ferret (Parent) using the environmental
situations that you chose. Include at least 5 traits and did those traits have potential for balanced
polymorphism?
8. Are the offspring in your population equipped to handle the environmental situations better or not as good
as than their parents?
9. Why are the offspring better off or worse off than their parents?
10. What is a population bottleneck?
11. How would the environmental situation in column 1 of table 3 lead to a population bottleneck?
a. What alleles do you think might be eliminated due to that environmental condition?
b. Draw another card from the remaining cards in your envelope and briefly describe the situation.
c. How would a ferret that is still alive in this situation handle this second environmental condition?
12. How would the environmental situation in column 2 of table 3 lead to a population bottleneck?
a. What alleles do you think might be eliminated due to that environmental condition?
b. Draw another card from the remaining cards in your envelope and briefly describe the situation.
c. How would a ferret that is still alive in this situation handle this second environmental condition?
Conclusion: No formal conclusion for this lab but answer the question: What did your group learn in this lab?