Joe's,"Who wants to live a million years"

It took me 3 generations to win the game and I know from studies that overall, organisms don't survive that long unless they adapt to their surroundings
I accidentally chose one that was furry and that was a mistake because that kind of animal could not survive long in the desert. The kind of animal that would survive in that desert needed to be able to escape hawks and be able to run fast and keep up with the hot and cold elements thats why 1/3 options I chose was furry because at night temperatures in the desert could be very cold.
I think that my genetic drift would work because the genes after a couple of generations would thrive like how the 1/3 furry would only protect that part of them at night.
I think that the non 1/3 furry was much more dominant
a/c and b/d
don't make it some round animal that was made up, more types of variations of the animal, and a deeper information about how ti win the game.

Zach: Who wants to live a million years

#1: It took me about 7 time of playing to actually win the game and get to a million years, It took this long because I had no idea what the capabilities of each of the creatures. I eventually learned how each of the creatures behaved with the environment, and I won


#2: I picked one of each creature so that I could know directly what they could and could not survive with. For example I didn't know that the long necked creatures were better with heat. But after a fail and more try's I found out the long neck creature adapt to heat well.


#3: I know they would be affected by it because not all of them have the strength or resources to adapt to all of the frequent environmental changes so a lot of them would die within a 250k year period


#4: An example of a dominant phenotype was the furry short cut creatures. When the weather got colder it adapted and grew more fur to withstand the cold breezy weather


#5:  Environments:(New large preditor) Situations:(Large predator) Conditions:(Hot/Cold weather)


#6 To improve it I would set the strengths and weaknesses to be visible so people would know what the animal can handle to keep it alive in the long run

Joe blog post #9

question #4

For plant breeders to get to get the same stem, Which was very strong in my groups plant. The stem is like the root of the leaves it was so steady and felt like it was solid iron. For scientists or breeders to get the same kind of stem they would have to do something that was quite amazing because the stem is such a great part of the plant. For breeders to give the stem a steadier appearance and function they would have to probably have to shoot up the plant with some steroid or something of that nature.

Zach's blogpost #9

A plant breeder would generally have to take really good care of the plant, by watering it, giving it nutrients and other essential stuff that the plant may need for survival.  Keeping them with out pest repellant (organic) Is always a better option for them to grow to their fullest potential. All of these processes must be followed to get the same stem when breeding plants.

joes GATTACA essay

Joe Fordyce

period 6

GATTACA essay

1/14/15

GATTACA essay

Like the holocaust decades before, GATTACA explores a new type discrimination through imperfect genes. Through GATTACA the main character Vincent goes through discrimination because he was expected to die due to a heart condition. The topics I will explore deeper are how GATTACA still has natural conceiving, and how imperfect genes can be discriminated against.

The first topic of relating to how sinister this new form of racism is natural conceiving. The generation that we live in right  now has so many imperfect people that do wonderful things. IN GATTACA people always wanted the best child. I believe that having a kids who finds true happiness in life is the best child that you can have. NO matter what they do or how badly they do it. In the movie natural conceiving was how Vincent was born. They knew from the start that he had a heart condition so in a way they gave up on him. After Vincent they were wanted to have a baby created in the lab. These things like giving up on your child is not how a society should function.

Next I will explore deeper how imperfect genes can be discriminated against. Like Vincent and others since they have no chance of living a full life they will then be thrown away by the society in the movie. Vincent is basically forced to be a janitor. However through his imperfect genes he decided to get up and follow his dream. His dream was to go to space and that is what he did. His imperfect genes also showed that he can beat anybody at anything. LIke how he beat his brother in the swimming competition.

The reasons that a society should never function like this is because it has flaws of discrimination. Just like how back hundreds of years ago our society was racist toward african americans. This movie explores a new racism through genes.