VDA#4



1. What is Richard Lenski studying and why does he think it's important?

Richard Lenski is studying: Does evolution always lead to the same end point? If he started with 12 identical flasks, full of identical bacteria, would they all change over time in the same way? Or would random mutations send each bottle's population spinning off in a different direction? He thinks it is important because he wanted to now if bacteria evolve the same way over time.

 

2. What is Telewski studying and why does he think it's important?

Telewski is studying how long seeds can remain dormant.It is important to him because he says the mysteries of long-term seed viability remain scientifically interesting. Only two plant species sprouted from the last Beal bottle.

 

3. What benefits do you see in performing long-term scientific studies like these?

I could see if bacteria evolve to something bigger maybe even become multi-cellular. IT could help see if you could evolve other animals maybe an endangered one and see if the evolve enough so they could repoduce faster or to see if they can evolve long enough so they could better protect themselves in their habitat.

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I commented on Umaimah's and Ameer's.