Week 6
Behavioral Genetics. Rover/Sitter (adult)

LINK to FLY LAB HANDOUT (same a last week's)

GENERAL EXPECTATIONS

Students will work with the same partner as last week using PCR in order to determine the genotype for the two fly stocks.

Below you will see the abstract for a meeting that was presented over 15 years ago. This abstract suggests that the foraging locus may also affect mating behavior. It is known that the foraging gene is pleitropic (do a web of science search to find the other behaviors that have been reported) but no published work has followed up on the mating behavior. Results from lab this week could be publishable.

abstract


TO BE EVALUATED

All raw data for the adult experiment MUST be entered to the class spread sheet.
Students will work as pairs to prepare a formal lab write up (about 1 page) including:

  1. A brief introduction that includes the hypotheses to be tested.-
  2. Statistical analysis of class' larval data set
    • Include a graphical representation of the data (with figure legend )
    • and a statistical methods statement.
  3. Statistical analysis of class' adult mating data (with a figure legend)
    • Include a graphical representation of the data (with figure legend )
    • and a statistical methods statement.
  4. Statement regarding your own PCR genotyping results.
  5. A conclusion that summarized the conclusions that can (or cannot be made) with the larval and adult datasets in light of the PCR results.

Every student is expected to keep their own lab notebook and not rely on the notebook of a labmate, however when data is recorded it need not be copied, a clear statement of where the data is recorded is sufficient.
Lab notebooks will be evaluated!