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Jon C. Herron Software: EvoDots

Jon C. Herron Software: EvoDots

EvoDots is an interactive program that lets the user explore the mechanism of evolution. The program creates a population of dots. The user is a predator. As the dots run around the screen, the user eats them by clicking on them with the mouse. After the user has eaten some of the dots, the survivors will reproduce. The population may or may note evolve, depending on the properties of the dots. This resource contains EvoDots applications for Mac...

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Keywords:
Life Science, Social Sciences, Population Genetics, Evolution, NSDL, Natural Selection, Mutation
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Material Type:
Simulation
Date Added to MERLOT:
July 27, 2016
Date Modified in MERLOT:
August 30, 2017
Author:
Submitter:
Barbra Bied Sperling
Primary Audience:
Grade School, Middle School, High School, College General Ed, College Lower Division, College Upper Division, Graduate School, Professional
Technical Format:
Website
Mobile Compatibility:
Not specified at this time
Language:
English
Cost Involved:
No
Source Code Available:
No
Accessibility Information Available:
Unknown
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Unknown

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