Summary: The Overall Selection Rate

Directional selection and disruptive selection differ because instead of the subject only going in one direction it will split off and go two different ways for example if some flowers and their colors. The main colors may be red, pink and white primarily, and the more dominate color being a pink flower. But if we remove the pink flower completely from the equation then the flowers will shift toward the dominant white color over the red. In a directional selection there is only one trait and it is always that dominant trait that dictates body of the population. The best example to show this is that in the

Their attendance rate was 96.4% on the school year of 2013 to 2014. On campus they have a 1.8% of African Americans, 49.6% of Hispanic, 46.3% of White, 0.4% of American Indian, 0.6% of Asian, 0.0% of Pacific Islander and a 1.2% of students that belong to two or more races. 73.9% of their students were economically disadvantaged, 34.3% were English Language Learners and 6.9% were Special Education. The mobility rate of the campus on 2013 to 2014 was 21.3%.

The purpose of this lab is to better understand the process of natural selection and its effects on a population by conducting a stimulation. The stimulation consist of predators (students with either a spoon, fork or a knife) and prey (different types of beans). Furthermore, students will be able to determine how phenotype (bean color and utensil used by the predators) influences natural selection. Students will also demonstrate their quantitative skills by determining the predator survival and reproduction, bean survival and reproduction, and by calculating the total percent of the population. Additionally, students will be able to identify the occurrence of evolution by natural selection after the end of generation three. Moreover, students

The two different types of selection differ because instead of the subject only going in one direction it will split off and go two different ways. This would be disruptive selection where there is more than one option to select or two distinct groups. For example, if some flowers and their colors. The main colors may be red, pink and white primarily, say that the more dominate color being a pink flower. What happens if we remove the pink flower from the equation? It would cause the flowers to shift toward the dominant color which in this case you might think is the red. However, in this case it is not because between red and white is the least drastic and according to phenotypes would be the color that would be dominate if pink was eliminated as an option in a directional selection there is only one trait and it is always that dominant trait that dictates body of the population. Directional selection is more based of natural selection and survival. Examples would be things such as a giraffe having a long neck to reach high foliage than other animals for survival or a bunny being a color more specific to blending into its surroundings.

The population sampled due to its specific nature i.e., college students, and college graduates would need to be contemplated in regards to the testing results as it is offered as a depiction of the general population.

The University of Texas (UT) understood the importance of diversity; therefore, tried numerous race-neutral strategies to get minorities into their school. Sadly, Texas suffered from segregation at this time (1993), so not many minorities were going to UT. In consequence, Texas legislature passed a race-neutral system (1997) where the top 10% of a high school graduating class would be automatically admitted into UT. Even with the top 10% rule, Studies showed that minorities’, stayed the same and even decreased, due to still segregated public high schools. UT held discussions and meetings to find ways to increase minorities population in their institution. Finally, UT passed a system called holistic review; allowed students who didn’t graduate in the top 10% of the class to have a chance of admission. The system included; an Academic Index (AI), and a Personal Achievement Index (PAI). An applicant’s PAI score is based on two

According to Frankfort-Nachmias and Nachmias (2008), the cases within the population must fit some designated set of details. They go onto state that the specific details of the population depends on the research problem. Therefore, because this assessment will be used as a pre-hire tool in organizations, the qualifications for certain jobs will aid in defining the population. For example, an organization may require that individuals are 21 years or older and have at least a bachelors degree. Therefore, the population taking the assessment will be composed of those particular individuals with those specifications.

From this group, over 81% of students are admitted under the Top Ten Percent Plan. Subsequently, Ms. Fisher is left to wrestling with a crowed applicant pool that composed of not only students from her native state of Texas, but also out-of states and international applicants. In order to conduct a fair and inclusive method to select applicants for the remaining slots, the UT Austin operated a holistic review practice that is modeled after the Bakke and Grutter’s ruling. A variety of components from each applicant’s background were taken into account for their overall evaluations.

Targets/Method of Selection: In the past focus was on the Jewish, black, and catholic communities. Now it’s increased towards more minorities.

Natural selection is considered one of the most important processes for a variety of species and the environment which allows the fittest organisms to produce offspring. To prevent a species from extinction, it is necessary for them to adapt to the surrounding environment. The species which have the ability to adapt to new surroundings will be able to pass their genes through reproduction. Within the process of natural selection, it is possible for the original genetic make-up of a species to become altered. The team will report on the different processes of basic mechanisms of evolution, how natural selection results in biodiversity and why biodiversity is important to continued evolution. The sources of genetic

African Americans: 62.5 / 77.7 = 0.8043758 = 80.4%. The pass rate which is 80.4% indicates that there is no evidence of adverse impact.

As the name implies, r-selected species are those that place an emphasis on a high growth rate, and, typically exploit less-crowded ecological niches, and produce many offspring, each of which has a relatively low probability of surviving to adulthood.They are populations that experience rapid growth of the J-curve variety. The offspring produced are numerous, mature quite rapidly, and require very little postnatal care. Consequently, this population grows fast, reproduces quickly, and dies quickly. Bacteria are examples of r- selected species.

There is a case, A and B wants to apply to the university where A is from majority and B is from the minority. There is just one more chair is available, A has 4,00 GPA and A has high standard and B has 2,5 GPA and B don’t have high standard as A. From our perspective that A will be the one who have the chair, but based on Affirmative Action policy B will be get the chair. In this case,

be of the same ethnicity. Fractionalization is the most common measure used to capture the

In 1859, after observing plant and animal breeders practicing artificial selection and reading Thomas Malthus’s essay on population, Charles Darwin formulated his theory of evolution. Artificial selection is the process where humans select animals and plants with desirable characteristics for breeding purposes. Seeing that breeders could alter plants and animal traits, it caused Darwin to wonder if such a process of selecting traits among organisms can happen in nature resulting in change. In 1858, a naturalist by the name of Alfred Russel Wallace had come to the same idea as Darwin where there is a natural process that selects only a few individuals for survival. Darwin and Wallace’s idea became known as natural selection.