The Attractin Gene

This week, I am continuing to focus on my presentation. I also hope to meet with Mr. Johnston and make any necessary revisions to my research paper. After communicating with my post-doctorate mentor at Professor Nachman’s laboratory, I further obtained additional, valuable information concerning my experiment. During my experiment, I combined the Armendaris and Carrizozo, New Mexico, specimen. This was possible because, not only are the two populations in close proximity to one another on their respective lava flows, a previous study demonstrates that the two populations are actually one population of interbreeding animals; thus, the geographic separation between the two locations has not led to speciation with respect to the rock pocket mice located in these regions. There is always more to learn regarding an experiment and I am eager to continue to gain knowledge to better analyze my data.