Hunger Games Final Analysis

1. I was not here for the Hunger Games Lab, but I was able to get data from a team member. In this lab, students tried to survive and reproduce. This simulates evolution. 
2. Pinchers were the best at capturing food because they could use their thumb and index finger.
3. The population did evolve. In the beginning, the "A" allele had a frequency of 52%, and the "a" allele had a frequency of 48%. At the end of the lab, the "A" allele had a frequency of 23%, and the "a" allele had a frequency of 77%.
4. The placement of the food and the amount needed to survive was random. The genotype was also random because it was based off of a coin flip. The way that a person picked up food was nonrandom. This could have effected the population because there were no favored genotypes. 
5. If there was less food, the results would be different because there would be more of a fight for survival with the same amount of people and less food. This would lead to less people surviving. On the other hand, if there was more food, people wouldn't have to fight for survival as much, and therefore more people would survive. If there is a fire, there would be less acorns for a population of squirrels to eat, which would lead to the survival of the fittest.
6. The results would be different if there was not incomplete dominance. Without incomplete dominance, there would be no knucklers which would lead to more stumpys.
7. Natural selection is the process of weeding out phenotypes in a population that don't help individuals survive which leads to populations evolving overtime. Evolution is the process by which a population improves its gene pool. Evolution is caused by natural selection.
8. The stumpys were the best at strategizing. They reproduced only with each other, which made their population bounce back.
9. In evolution, the population evolves. Natural selection acts on the pheontype because it acts on the traits.
10. How quickly does evolution occur?