Preview - From Ecosystems To Speciation

Make a prediction

Imagine a bacterial population where there are only TWO TYPES to begin with. Let's make some predictions about how we expect such population will evolve.

Answer the following questions and then, on the next page, you'll test your predictions using the model.

Questions

Please answer the questions below.

What do you expect to happen to the populations if you the model for a little while, like 5000 ticks?

Both populations will survive
Only one population will survive

Which of the following do you expect to happen if you run the simulation for a really long time (for more than 100,000 ticks)? 

Bacteria of both the phenotypes will survive
Only one phenotype of bacteria will survive

Notes

These notes will appear on every page in this lesson so feel free to put anything here you'd like to keep track of.