In Section 5 of the module, we were asked to use what we observed from the examples we were given (A, B and C) to create our own versions of reserves that would promote successful generations for the ferrets. Both reserves that I created were mainly inspired by Reserve C. The success of the small connected spaces produced a higher heterozygosity, and prevented the loss of alleles. In Reserve 1, I connected three larger habitats. The expectation was that the generations would be separated enough to preserve heterozygosity when parents would travel to other populations, but would have large enough populations to stay fairly unique. By giving Reserve 2 five moderate sized habitats with small connections, I wanted to compare the diversity of alleles and lack of allelic loss with Reserve 1. With one habitat in the middle, the four habitats on the outside would be forced to travel through the middle habitat before going to any other, more independent and unique, habitat. I expected the heterozygosity to be lower because there was a common space for all populations to share alleles.
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