H-Weezy Wiz

The problem: In a population of 1000 with 25% being recessive individuals, we can gather all of the variables in the Hardy-Weinberg equation.

The Variables include:

q^2: Homozygous recessive individuals.

q: recessive allele frequency

p: dominant allele frequency

p^2: Homozygous dominant individual

2pq: Heterozygous individual

Which make the equations:

p^2 +2pq +q^2 = 1
p+q=1

1) q^2 is always the priority.
Referring to the problem, the homozygous recessive individuals or in other words the q^2=.25

2) Now, after knowing the q^2 we can figure out the next variable: q by square rooting .25
Equaling: .5

3) Considering the equation in which q belongs, both variables q and p need to equal one. So, that means we subtract the value of q from 1, which gives us p:  .5

4) In order to find p^2, we just square the value of p, and get .25

5) For the variable of 2pq, we simple plug in the values of p and q and multiply it times 2, and get .5

How do we know the number of individuals?

It's important to note that the variables representing the individuals in the population include q^2, p^2 , and 2pq

1) Because the population is 1000, we multiply each of the values of the variables representing individuals with 1000

2) Then we get,

p^2: 250 homozygous individuals

q^2: 250 homozygous recessive individuals

2pq: 500 heterozygous individuals

Wacky Worms Pulse Lab

The first two pictures offer a glimpse to the setting that we counted the pulse of the worms. Incredibly, their bodies are transparent enough to witness the circulation of their blood under a microscope and evidently their pulse. Simultaneously, and with haste our group jotted down data as we quickly rotated between Uwaila and myself to observe the squirmy and agitated worms for a precise count. The data tables of our group would be the second to last picture, which includes the mean and median of "A", "B", and "C" . I believe solution A is the neutral solution with an average of 20 pulses based on our groups data. Solution B is the depressant with an average of 18 pulses, the lowest pulse on our data tables, and solution C is the stimulant with an average of 30. The last picture depicts the averages of all of the group's data, not including ours. Basing it off of the last picture, solution "C", the lowest section from top to bottom, has high number of pulses near 30 when omitting the outliers, which agrees with our data, making "C" a stimulant, an educated guess.  Now, for the comparison between solutions "A" and "B", the last picture has crucial data missing, causing the inference gathered from "A" and "B" less accurate. As a result, based on our group's data, solution "B" is a depressant and solution "A" is neutral. To keep in mind, all of these conclusions of the solutions were obtained solely from the data and from utilizing basic statistical tools such as the average. This means the data was trusted 100% to predict the solutions, however, specific circumstances  could of altered the outcome of the data for each of the groups. In addition, for those circumstances present in every group, my predictions could be wrong, or as the notable Hannah Montana preached, "Everybody makes mistakes."

"Ecology Selfies"

This selfie would be the one I admire the most because of the pure-luck. Closely, there is a small hummingbird feeding off of the plant. It quickly occurred to me, as I patiently waited in the drive-thru, that the action of the hummingbird was one of my items needed for the assignment(mutualism). Without any hesitation, I instantly pulled out my phone and snapped about a dozen photos of the hummingbird. I still cannot believe how lucky I was that day!

This is a photo of  the group I went hiking with for the assignment. As we were strolling through the blazing hot trail we came across a stranded decomposing fruit. I reluctantly volunteered to hold the fruit for the picture.

This was a common flower found throughout our scavenger hunt. Every step I took, there was another one, tempting me to finally take a selfie with the pleading flower.

Overall, the scavenger hunt experience was tiring, sweaty, and blood rushing as my lazy, summer body was startled by the inclines and rough terrain of the trip. Some of the items were somewhat difficult to take a selfie, especially easily scared organisms like frogs. This is when our creativity struck in, However,  most of our group, not completely , prevailed through all of the steeps and slants but despite the obstacles it was an experience to be cherished.