2. The habitat of one species of frog is the tall green grassesin a swamp. The vast majority of the frogs in this population aregreen. A few individual frogs carry a mutation that prevents theproduction of the green pigment; as a result these individual frogsare brown. The temperature in this area rises and less rain fallsover a 10 year period, and as a result the swamp begins to dry upand the grasses turn brown. Using what you have learned aboutnatural selection, explain how this change in environment may haveaffected the evolution this frog population (not including possibledirect effects of warmer temperatures and less rain on the frogs).Include the following terms in your explanation: allele frequency,selective pressure, differential reproduction, beneficial trait,evolution.
2. The habitat of one species of frog is the tall green grassesin a swamp. The vast majority of the frogs in this population aregreen. A few individual frogs carry a mutation that prevents theproduction of the green pigment; as a result these individual frogsare brown. The temperature in this area rises and less rain fallsover a 10 year period, and as a result the swamp begins to dry upand the grasses turn brown. Using what you have learned aboutnatural selection, explain how this change in environment may haveaffected the evolution this frog population (not including possibledirect effects of warmer temperatures and less rain on the frogs).Include the following terms in your explanation: allele frequency,selective pressure, differential reproduction, beneficial trait,evolution.
