The results from the Mendelian and Population experiments are displayed in Live Data that change depending on the different experiments. For the Mendelian experiments, a summary of phenotypic frequencies is given in the Summary Statistics section and the individual offspring resulting from the crosses are shown in the Individual Statistics section. The Summary Statistics section provides various options to display the frequencies for the different phenotype combinations for the selected traits. The Individual Statistics section allows students to hover over any of the offspring to view the phenotype for the selected traits and if allowed the genotype that produced the phenotype. For Population experiments, a graph of the allele and genotype frequencies as a function of generation is shown in Live Data. The results from both the Mendelian and Population experiments can be saved to the lab book for later analysis. Given below are further details about the results displayed.
Summary Statistics. A summary of results from the various crosses is shown where the results are summarized by Phenotype (default) or by Offspring. Each type of summary has an Overview section that provides the numbers and frequencies of all individuals for all generations and then a Generation section that displays the results by generation. The Phenotype summary organizes the results by each combination of selected phenotypes and male and female. For example, if the student selected Fruit Fly as the species and Eye Shape as the trait, then the Phenotype summary would display the number and frequency for the Male-Bar, Male-Wildtype, Female-Bar, and Female-Wildtype phenotype combinations. Selecting more traits will provide the numbers and frequencies of all possible phenotype combinations. If it is known or determined that the trait is not sex linked, then the Male/Female combinations can be removed by deselecting the Include Male/Female checkbox at the bottom of the projector. This option is also inactive for plant species.
The Offspring summary also displays the number and frequency of each phenotype but displays the results by trait instead of by phenotype combination.
Individual Statistics. As offspring are produced by crosses, the individual offspring are listed in the Individual Statistics section. The offspring are labeled as M1, M2, etc. for male offspring 1, male offspring 2, etc.; F1, F2, etc. for the female offspring, and MF1, MF2, etc. for plant offspring. You can scroll through the list of offspring to see those not visible in the initial list. Clicking on an offspring will pull up images that show a graphic representation of the phenotype or phenotypes (if more than one trait is being tracked) for the offspring and also the phenotype(s) of the parents.
Population Graph. The results from population experiments are displayed as a graph of allele, genotype, and in some cases gamete frequency as a function of generation. Each of these variables is represented by a unique color and the color legend is shown at the top of the graph. The variables shown in the graph can be selected by clicking on the color legend for each variable or by clicking on the All button. The graph is opened from Live Data, above the table of data.
Population Data. The data used to generate the population graph is displayed in the table in Live Data. Both the graph and the data can be saved to the lab book, and the spreadsheet data can be copied and pasted into an external program where it can be further analyzed.