Natural selection lab activity question???PLZ HELP-EMERGENCY!!!?
ok,we did the natural selection lab activity,that people get into groups of 6 and one is predator and....we did it with paper dots...now, one of the questions says:
CAN INDIVIDUAL PAPER DOTS EVOLVE?EXPLAIN.
What shouls i write for that????I appreciate your help...please help me.
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Not unless the rules of your activity provided a way for the dots to change - perhaps size, shape or color - and also, some test of relative fitness. It's unlikely that you did this, so I would guess no for your activity.
There are computer simulations using dot-like creatures that do evolve, but this is because the program has a built in ability to deliver random mutations episodically, and has rules for deciding superiority. Is your activity that sophisticated? That is what is needed for evolution: genetic variation and natural selection.
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> CAN INDIVIDUAL PAPER DOTS EVOLVE?
If an individual paper dot represents an individual animal, then no, the individual paper dots can't evolve.
Populations evolve. Individuals don't evolve.
It depends on the genetics, if you will, of the dots... Like if there are mutations or not...