BIOL 3863 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Null Hypothesis, Natural Selection, Heritability

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31 Aug 2016

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University of Arkansas

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Biology

Course

BIOL 3863

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John Wilson, Kasum Naithani

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Statistics an objective, mathematical way of attaching a level of confidence to a conclusion p-value value between 0 and 1 that measures the probability that we are making a false conclusion (ex. Lower p values increase probability of rejecting null hypothesis) Alpha value predetermined level of confidence that is needed to reject null hypothesis: if p is less that alpha, we reject null hypothesis. Nothing is necessarily proven if null hypothesis is rejected. If null hypothesis is not rejected, either : there isn"t really any effect/difference between samples, or the effect is weak and more data is needed. Evolution and ecology: evolution, driven by interactions between organisms, and between organisms and the environment, ecologies of organisms are a result of their evolutionary history, darwin"s conclusions, evolution by natural selection, descent by modification/change in trait frequency, ex. Ecological interactions drive evolution: and vice versa.

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Introduction: A Chi-square test is used to compare observed data with expected data according to a hypothesis. For instance, if you were crossbreeding 2 heterozygous pea plants, you would expect to see a 3:1 phenotypic ratio in the offspring. In this case, if you were to breed 400 pea plants, you would expect to see 300 plants showing the dominant trait and 100 showing the recessive trait. But what happens if you observe only 260 plants with the dominant trait and 140 plants with the recessive trait? Does this mean something is wrong with Mendelian genetics or is this difference in expected results just due to chance (random sampling error)? These are the questions that can be answered using Chi-square statistics. The results of this statistical test is used to either reject or accept (fail to reject) the null hypothesis. The null hypothesis states there is no significant difference between the observed results and the expected results. This means that if the null hypothesis is accepted, the difference in observed and expected results was just a matter of chance and so the observed results basically "fit" with what was expected. Degrees of freedom (df) = number of independent outcomes (Y) being compared less 1 df = Y-1 At the 95% confidence interval we are 95% confident that there is a significant difference between the observed and expected results, therefore rejecting the null hypothesis. Probability Value - Is the decimal value determined from the X2 table and is the probability of accepting the null hypothesis. A 0.05 probability value equates to a 95% confidence interval.

The Chi-squared test formula is: Example: If we cross two pea plants that are heterozygous yellow pods, we would expect a 3:1 phenotypic ratio. So let's say we actually did the cross and got 280 plants with green pods and 120 plants with yellow pods. Question: Is this a 3:1 phenotypic ratio? This is the value of Chi-squared Test. We have a total of 400 plants and we expect a 300 green:100 yellow phenotypic ratio If the calculated Chi-squared value is less than the critical value listed in the Chi-squared table, then we accept the null hypothesis. This means that there is no significant difference between the observed and the expected values. Our degrees of freedom (df) = 2 outcomes - 1, or df = 1. Now we go the X2 table below and using the df = 1 and probability value of 0.05, our critical value is 3.84. Since our calculated X2 value is 5.33, and is larger than the critical value, we reject the null hypothesis and can say (at 95% confidence) that there is a significant difference between our observed and expected values.

The parent generation is yellowed podded and green podded pea plants. You cross a yellow podded pea plant with a green podded pea plant and you get 100% yellow podded plants in the F1 Generation (Phenotypic ratio 4 : 0, yellow to green). What will be the expected phenotypic ratio when you allow the F1 generation to reproduce?

Fill out the Punnett square.

If we actually did the cross and got 1150 yellow and 350 green. Would this be a consistent with what was expected?

Learning Outcomes Questions

1. Why would you run a Chi-squared test?

To determine if our data is consistent with expected results.
		a To determine if our data is consistent with expected results. b To determine if our data exactly matches the expected results.
		c To determine the expected results.
	d	To compare the phenotypic ratios to the genotypic ratios.

2. Determine the degrees of Freedom of the phenotypic ratio for this genetic cross.

a. 1

b. 2

c. 3

d. 4

e. 5

3. Using the data given, what is the result of your Chi-squared analysis? x2= ___.

	a.	2.22
	b	2.71
	c	4.36
	d	187.78
	e	448.27

4. Using the results of your Chi-squared analysis, do we fail to reject or reject the null hypothesis?

a.		Fail to reject the null
b.		Reject the null
c.		It cannot be determined from the data given

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