Biomorphs 3.5 – Demonstrate Limitations of Selection Acting on Genes

Biomorphs 3.5

:: DESCRIPTION

Biomorphs is a program to demonstrate the potential and the limitations of selection acting on genes and development. The program uses a recursive procedure to “develop” a numerical genotype into an image made of branching and overlapping lines.Biomorphs shows the user a “biomorph” image together with a set of its offspring, differing from the parent by one or a few mutations, and chooses a favorite to become the parent of the next generation. Applying artificial selection, the user can evolve interesting– and surprisingly lifelike– “biomorphs.”

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::DEVELOPER

The Queller/Strassmann Research Group at Washington University in St. Louis

:: SCREENSHOTS

:: REQUIREMENTS

  • Windows / Mac

:: DOWNLOAD

 Biomorphs

:: MORE INFORMATION

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