E.0 Executive Summary

In order to find an answer to the question "Can identical offspring be produced at separate births?," knowledge had to be obtained, two programs had to be written, and testing had to be done. Before writing or testing the program, the team had to first approach the problem hands on. The team took lessons from both Nadine Trujillo (Biology teacher at Silver High), and Denise Miller (Biology Professor at Western New Mexico University). These lessons helped the team better understand chromosomes and cell division. Before the programs could be written, the team also met with Dr. Gruszko (Math professor at Western New Mexico University). Dr. Gruszko helped the team develop mathematical equations and a better understanding of the statistical probabilities to the question. After writing the two appropriate programs, the team finally got to test them. The team was satisfied with the results of the running programs. Using the results from the Equus and Mode Lanl servers, a comparison could be made with the formula presented by Dr. Gruszko. An organism with four pairs (2^8) should have approximately 256 expected results. The programs on both servers had 194 expected results. An organism with six pairs (2^12) should have approximately 4096 expected results. The programs gave the results of 4871. Upon examining the data for two through twenty-three chromosomes, it was noted that the programs modeled the process of identical off springs being produced at separate birth close to the expected found by using formula. Like nature, the model was not exact.