public void preinitialisedChromosomeTest() {
// the original chromosome that will be cloned
Chromosome oc = new Chromosome(resources);
// initialise a population with a copy of it
population = new Population(oc, resources);
// check that the first parent chromosome is identical to, but not the same instance as, the one given
assertTrue("Incorrect chromosome in population.", population.get(0).compareGenesTo(oc) && population.get(0) != oc);
}