This week in Science class, we discussed the evolution of preying mantises using M&M’s to represent its new population.
Does the new genetic drift population accurately represent the original population? Explain by citing your data.
No, it does not. The new genetic population of preying mantises is lower than the original population caused by the hurricane.
Does this activity demonstrate evolution? Why or why not? Yes it does! Evolution shows us the development or the change of a living organism through time.
Does this activity demonstrate natural selection? Why or why not? Base on their new population, this species got lower population than the initial but the fact that some of the different colors increased by numbers then I can say that they did demonstrated a natural selection.
What type of genetic drift is shown in this ativity?How can you tell? The type of genetic drift shown in the activity was the bottleneck event that is when a population suffers a sudden catastrophic decline and is repopulated by a small group of survivors. We can see that some of the colors died out and some repopulated with their small group.
