Week 6
Behavioral Genetics. Rover/Sitter (adult)
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.
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:
- A brief introduction that includes the hypotheses to be tested.-
- Statistical analysis of class' larval data set
- Include a graphical representation of the data (with figure legend )
- and a statistical methods statement.
- 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.
- Statement regarding your own PCR genotyping results.
- 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!
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