The Effect of Various Amounts of Water in Artificially Made Environments, for Selectively Bred Drosophila Melanogaster (Fruit Flies)
In this experiment on drosophila melanogaster, we closely examinined fruit flies that are introduced to different amounts of water in their environment. The fruit flies we used are ideal because they are extremely cost effective, they can easily reproduce, and they are easy to hold/contain. To lower our number of variables in our experiment, and/or that the flies choose their environment by chance, each fly will have equal opportunity to enter any of the four environment in our testing box. Once in a section, clear pathways between each separate compartments have been made to ensure that the flies are able to choose their preferred environment.
During the development of our project, there were many logistical problems we ran into, such as how to transport and/or transfer our files. We needed to develop a way to get our test flies from the vile they were into our box with soil and water. The problem with putting the flies to sleep and placing them in each quadrant would be that they could drown in the wet soil. Also, if we're were to put them in by hand, they would not have an equal chance to choose which environment they prefer. To solve this, we carefully drilled, shaving by shaving a hole on the bottom big enough to allow all four sections to be accessed. With this method, our P-value would be much lower, and our transportation/transfer problem is solved. This means our data we gathered should have a very low chance of having false results.
During the development of our project, there were many logistical problems we ran into, such as how to transport and/or transfer our files. We needed to develop a way to get our test flies from the vile they were into our box with soil and water. The problem with putting the flies to sleep and placing them in each quadrant would be that they could drown in the wet soil. Also, if we're were to put them in by hand, they would not have an equal chance to choose which environment they prefer. To solve this, we carefully drilled, shaving by shaving a hole on the bottom big enough to allow all four sections to be accessed. With this method, our P-value would be much lower, and our transportation/transfer problem is solved. This means our data we gathered should have a very low chance of having false results.