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Further Investigations

  • Draft horses (which are heavy, slow, patient, and strong) and racehorses (which are lighter, very fast, and skittish) come from the same original stock thousands of years ago. How do you think they came to be so different?
  • Read about how bacteria can evolve to be resistant to antibiotic drugs. Explain how this process works, and what can be done slow it down. Here are some sample references.
    http://www.freep.com/news/health/nstaph12_20021112.htm
    http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/795_antibio.html
  • Suppose you wanted to breed a special kind of dog that would be happy and easy to care for in a city. You start with about 20 dogs of different breeds, and you have 50 years to develop your new "urban hound". What characteristics would you look for? How would you proceed with your project?
  • MAYBE!! Write down some things you would like to try that involve making changes in the rules of this model. Send them to the Concord Consortium. If the changes aren't too complicated, someone will send you a new model following your suggestions.

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