Students are asked to repeat Experiment 1 and address whether the ploidy, or whether a cell is haploid or diploid, has any effect on the outcome of Experiment 1.
How should the students change the parameters of Experiment 1 to address this question?
To address whether the ploidy has any effect on the outcome of Experiment 1, the students should change the parameters by conducting the experiment on both haploid and diploid cells separately. This involves creating two separate groups: one with haploid cells and another with diploid cells, and running the experiment on each group independently.
The students would need to change the composition of the sample used in the experiment, ensuring that one group of samples contains haploid cells and the other contains diploid cells. They could obtain haploid cells from specialized organisms like yeast or certain bacteria strains. For diploid cells, they could use cell lines or species known to be diploid, such as mammalian or plant cells.
Once the two groups are prepared, the students should follow the same protocol and procedure for the experiment with each group separately. This would involve exposing the samples to the specific treatment or conditions being investigated and measuring any relevant outcomes or variables.
By comparing the results obtained from the haploid and diploid groups, the students can analyze whether the ploidy level has any effect on the outcome of Experiment 1. They could analyze the data statistically to determine if there are any significant differences or correlations between the ploidy level and the observed outcomes.