Friday, June 10, 2011

DYO #2: Fruit Fly Population Investigation

The problem is how does changing the number of females to males effect the number of adults at the end of 3 weeks? My hypothesis is if I put 2 females in one jar with a food source and 1 male for 3 weeks then the number of adults would increase rapidly. My background research says after having sex the females house the sperm of the males so they may continue to reproduce.
 My data supports my hypothesis and shows how two females and one male and other combinations reproduce slower and faster, my data also proves that with two females and one male they'll reproduce more because there are more females to reproduce and they'll reproduce twice as fast.

In conclusion changing the ratio of male to females, can increase and decrease the amount of adults at the end of the 3 weeks.

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