Preview - Evolution Of Populations

Introduction to the Computational Model

Below is a computational model of a population of pocket mice. 

Each clock tick in the model is a mouse-generation and in each generation, male and female mice move around randomly, search for a partner, and reproduce if they find a partner. The fur-coat-color of the mice is a trait that is passed down from one generation to the next.

Play around with the model. It is totally okay if you don't understand everything mentioned in the model. Just explore the model for a few minutes and then try your best to answer the questions below.

 

Questions

Please answer the questions below.

There are two fur coat colors, light and dark. Which of these is a homozygous recessive condition?  

Explain how you figured out the answer the the previous question.

There are two alleles "A" (dominant) and "a" (recessive). What would the phenotype be of the genotype "Aa"?  

Explain how you arrived at the answer to the previous question.

Notes

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