Fabrice T. Banyingela

            Based on their fitness, the merging of two genes (alleles) produces an organism with physical traits and behaviors associated with the two alleles. Of the two alleles, one is dominant (expressed) and will reign supreme over the other that is recessive (masked). The project experiment with the three types of fish illustrates how dominant genes always express the dominant trait while the recessive genes mask their trait. Although the  white fish (rr genotype) and redfish (RR genotype)  fitness are strong (white and red color respectively), the population’s proportion in terms of colors was always marginalized by their DNA production at some point  speckled fish (Rr genotype) . But at a certain period before their extinct, each genotype dominated or remained the only existing until reproducing back the other genotypes. When the brood size was reduced, the  birth rate  of the species decreased which in return caused the po...

Kelps and corals are reefs that provide an important ecosystem for life underwater. Although these two ecosystems might have some similarities and differences, Kelps are seaweeds and type of brown algae that look a lot like plants, with an organism that depends on water and get its energy from sunlight. The longest Kelp’s type can reach up to 53 meters. Corals on the other side are marine invertebrates that form compact colonies of many identical individual polyps. Though these reefs may look like beautiful plant growing from roots, it is actually an animal. Aquatic animals decided which reefs suit best their organism. The table above describes a list of animals commonly found in their respective reef. CORAL REEF KELP FOREST Batfish:  omnivores that have an unusual habit of playing dead. Leopard shark: a docile toward humans that feed on fish eggs, worms, and more Cownose ray:  eat  mollusks and...

A prolonged dry period , storms, heat waves, rising sea levels, melting glaciers, deforestation, burning fossil fuels, and warming oceans can directly harm the environment for animals and plants. The UN refers to Climate change as  “long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns.” These shifts may be natural, but since the 1800s, human activities have been the main driver of climate change, primarily due to the burning of fossil fuels (like coal, oil, and gas), which produces heat-trapping gases. For millions of years or  even  recently, some species went extinct due to Climate change. For example, out of the two types of trilobites, only the Benthic survived the Ordovician’s mass extinction probably due to their organism’s type and the environment while the Planktonic went extinct. Another example is the Golden toad – a type of frog discovered in the mid-1960 and went extinct in 2004 due to a possible Climate Change. Just like these two examples, Dunkleosteus (...