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Darwin's Aquarium™
Simulated Evolution
Free License

Darwin's Aquarium™ is an interactive biology package that helps students visualize and understand Darwin's theory of evolution. By simulating the protozoan life cycle over many generations, students explore the origin of biological species by natural selection. Darwin's Aquarium™ was designed for use in high school and college biology courses. [long description]



Core Topics
- Evolution by natural selection
- Mutation (including "Hopeful Monster" option)
- Speciation and extinction
- Genetic variation and drift
- Phylogenetic relationships
- Ecological niche
- Adaptive landscape

Key Features
- Simulated protozoa with rich variety of behaviours
- Interactive control of environment and genes
- Color-coded evolution tree (cladistics-based)
- Variety of aquarium setup configurations
- "Turbo speed" option
- Graphs of gene frequencies

Screen Shots [enlarge]


Available Languages
- English



Free License
System Requirements


Darwin's Aquarium™
(DOWNLOAD COMING SOON)

- MS-DOS or Windows® running MS-DOS
- 16 color display

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