Natural Selection Virtual Lab Results
1/A Normal
1/A Mutant
Type of
Mutation
Large
body/lon
g legs
Large
body/lon
g legs
Conditions
Generation
1
Generation
2
Generation
3
Generation
4
Generation
5
New
Predator
50
43
30
21
19
New
Predator
1/B Normal
1/B Mutant
2/A Normal
2/A Mutant
2/B Normal
2/B Mutant
3/A Normal
3/A Mutant
3/B Normal
3/B Mutant
Questions:
1. List one situation where the mutant seemed to survive better than the
normal animal. Why do you think this occurred?
2. List one situation where the normal animal seemed to survive better than the
mutant animal. Why do you think this happened?
3. Invent a new type of mutation and a new environmental condition that could
occur. How might natural selection operate on a population with this new
mutation and condition? How do you think the population would change over
time?