BIOLOGY 280 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Zygosity
16 Nov 2020
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Reserve 2: we"ve seen the effects of a single large population and multiple small populations. I wanted to see if multiple, connected large populations will be able to better bring the results together to increase heterozygosity and reduce the chances of losing alleles. Reserve 1: based on reserve c in the previous examples, the results showed a pretty high average heterozygosity with the lowest changes of alleles being lost. I used a similar reserve design of more multiple smaller populations that are connected. The connection between the populations will allow for random mating so the ferrets in each population aren"t so restricted to inbreed with related neighbors. Reserve 3: this design was a test to see if narrow, but large populations will show effects in heterozygosity. I wanted to play around with this design because it covers a wide area, but the ferrets may need to travel more to the opposite end to breed.
