The following are links to useful sites that have simulation software for some of the phenomena we are covering in the Models and Predictions Seminar. Many require that you have Java enabled. Some must be downloaded. This list provides only a sampling of what is available. Please send any links to useful simulation materials to William Bechtel.
Population Biology Simulations. Simple Java-based simulations for population genetics and population ecology developed by Kent Holsinger at the University of Connecticut. Simulations for Natural Selection, Genetic Drift, Natural Selection and Genetic Drift, Drift and Mutation, t-allele Polymorphism, etc.
Population Dynamics Models. Basic population models including Verhulst, Lokta-Volterra Predator-Prey and Competition Models. By Kim van der Linde at Leiden University, Netherlands. Little information.
Java Demography. A simulation of exponential population growth that permits manipulation of mortality rates, fertility rates, and initial population characteristics
Dixon's Population Pages. A tutorial with interactive graphics of exponential growth, non-linear terms, including sex and violence simulator.
Populus. Simulator for population biology developed by Don Alstad at the University of Minnesota that must be downloaded and run on your own computer. Populus 5.3 is available for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Unix. Highly recommended if you want to develop a modeling project in population biology.
Silicon Cell. Metabolic models for yeast cells, developed at the University of Stellenbosch (South Africa) and the Vrije Universiteit Amsteredam. A short course on the these models, developed by Hans V. Westerhoff (in collaboration with Jacky L. Snoep, Frank Bruggeman & Barbara M. Bakker) is available.
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