BIO 3400 Scioli
Summer II 1999
Questions to consider about the population genetics simulations.
What factor is being examined in each of the following comparisons? What do you conclude about the manner in which the factor acts?
Utilize the information contained in the graphs!! For example,
numbers of populations with fixed or lost alleles, after a fixed time interval
time required for first population to experience loss or fixation of alleles
degree of grouping of the populations
Compare simulations 1, 2 and 3.
Compare simulations 3 and 4.
Compare simulations 3 and 5.
Compare simulations 3 and 6.
Compare simulations 3, 7 and 8.
Compare simulations 3, 9, 10, 11 and 12.