Natural+Selection

=**Introductory practical Activity- Woollyboogers**=

When you have completed this prac write a conclusion on the discussion tab of this page. Please record your name so i know who it belongs to. Do acivity 7.5 on page 226 on Darwin's Finches

=**Simulations**= Online Simulation showing how natural selection works

//**Questions to think about when conducting simulation:**// 1. Do you think the fittest individuals always survive and reproduce? Why might some of the fittest individuals not survive? 2. How do you think changing the mutation rate would change how quickly a population evolved? 3. How could mutation affect the fitness of an organism? 4. Do populations evolve on purpose? 5. What does Artificial selection do?
 * 1. From Scootle**
 * Explore the effects of random mutation and natural selection on the evolution of camouflage in a fictitious population of insects. Adjust the colour of the environment and observe the process of natural selection over many generations. Notice the change in average fitness of the bug population and examine the genetic makeup of mutant bugs. Explore the effect of changing the mutation rate on adaptation and evolution. ||  ||
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Go to the Interactive Tutorials on CD. Choose Chapter 7 Natural Selection. Do activity. 3. **Other simulations** []
 * 2. From Text book**

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 * **Evolution and Natural Selection** || media type="custom" key="16926178" ||