Hunger Games Lab

     In this lab we tried to simulate evaluation or change in allele frequency. The "knucklers" did by far the best. I believe they did the best because they had the highest chance to reproduce at a 50% success rate compared to the measly 25% for the other species. The population evolved drastically. "A" alleles consistently had a lower population than the animals with "a" alleles. This is known as a change in allele frequency shown in the graph below. 

     In this lab there were elements that were random and not so random. One example of this lab being random is when we simulate having sex by flipping a coin to determine or offspring's traits. One thing that was not random was the species ability to survive and pick up food. If the food was really big or so big that the knucklers can not manage to pick it up would effect the population of the knucklers.  But if the food is smaller I do no think it would change the population in any way. The relationship between natural selection and evaluation is that in the end, the population evolves. Some people had pocket hoodies where a person would ware their hoodies backwards to have an easily accessible pocket to put their food in. 

     Evaluation weeds out the bad traits and gives opportunity to those that are able to survive and overcome the challenges of life. If it is just plan luck or strategizing on the best opportunity available to them. When evaluation takes place it evolves a population not one organism. This adds new alleles to the gene pool.