Evolution of Plants

This applet should help to answer the following questions:

• What are genes? How are they encoded on the chromosome?
• How does evolution work?
• What is sexual reproduction and what is its advantage versus asexual reproduction?
• How large is the space of possible organisms?

For a detailed information/help with pictures and explenations click here

• Breed: produce children with sexual reproduction
• Push the button "Breed"
• Or press "b"
• Mutate: change the genome of the current organism
• Click on a plant with the right mouse button
• Or press "m"
• Copy/Move:
• Use "drag&drop" to move an organism

• Random: random genes for the selected organism
• Push the button "Random"
• Or double-click on an organism
• Or press "r"

• Random all: random genes for all organisms
• Push the button "Random all"
• Tree: generate an evolutionary tree with asexual reproduction
• Push the button "Tree"
• History: review the last 30 changes of the current organism
• Push the button "History"

For a detailed information/help with pictures and explenations click here

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