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Ghost Mantis Genetics Experiment
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<blockquote data-quote="agent A" data-source="post: 342461" data-attributes="member: 2948"><p>No!!! If you want a well-replicated experiment, you need just a few treatments and a few measured response variables </p><p></p><p>if you test just 2 states of 1 variable, you need to maintain at least 40 nymphs in otherwise identical conditions</p><p></p><p>you may have better success doing a literature review on mantis coloration or genetics than running a controlled experiment</p><p></p><p>I don't want to burst your bubble but the peer review process is really rough onna first time writer and you will want as airtight a paper as possible. I can access university database articles for you if you want</p><p></p><p>if you want to do a good study, you will want to have rearing containers that are painted 1 color or another and make sure the paint has a specific known color in wavelength. another possibility is having nymphs from females of 2 different colors and counting the offspring in each color category. the other issue will be in quantifying the color pigment of the mantises after the experiment. categorical data would be ok if you had counts for each and a good way of placing everyone in each category, but you may still have a hard time getting published. if the goal is simply to write something for a high school science project, you should be ok as long as you are clear on your hypotheses and how you're testing them. consult the literature beforehand regardless</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="agent A, post: 342461, member: 2948"] No!!! If you want a well-replicated experiment, you need just a few treatments and a few measured response variables if you test just 2 states of 1 variable, you need to maintain at least 40 nymphs in otherwise identical conditions you may have better success doing a literature review on mantis coloration or genetics than running a controlled experiment I don't want to burst your bubble but the peer review process is really rough onna first time writer and you will want as airtight a paper as possible. I can access university database articles for you if you want if you want to do a good study, you will want to have rearing containers that are painted 1 color or another and make sure the paint has a specific known color in wavelength. another possibility is having nymphs from females of 2 different colors and counting the offspring in each color category. the other issue will be in quantifying the color pigment of the mantises after the experiment. categorical data would be ok if you had counts for each and a good way of placing everyone in each category, but you may still have a hard time getting published. if the goal is simply to write something for a high school science project, you should be ok as long as you are clear on your hypotheses and how you're testing them. consult the literature beforehand regardless [/QUOTE]
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