| 2. | Phylogeny and Evolution | | | This is a site for various projects in evolution, molecular evolution and phylogenetic epidemiology being carried out by members in the Department of Zoology at the University of Oxford.
evolve.zoo.ox.ac.uk |
| 3. | Altruist | | | Free PC software package for simulating evolution in structured populations. Includes models for group selection, group territoriality, Wright's shifting balance model of punctuated equilibria and speciation.
www.agner.org |
| 4. | AJ's Black Smoker | | | A java-based simulation illustrating natural selection in action, with a dynamic environment affected by simulated biological activity. Requires Java 2 plug-in. Contextual help, explanatory material available.
www.well.com |
| 5. | Food Chain | | | Open-ended simulation game of evolving species. Players design species of animals, which compete against each other in a virtual jungle.
www.pbm.com |
| 6. | evolution@home | | | Designed on the model of SETI@home, this project makes evolutionary data available for download to, and analysis on, personal computers. Splitting up the work among a variety of machines results in faster results generation.
www.evolutionary-research.net |
| 7. | Gene Pool | | | In this artificial life simulation colourful creatures evolve the ability to swim in an aquatic environment.
www.ventrella.com |
| 8. | DarwinBots | | | DarwinBots is an artificial life software in some ways similar to C-Robots and other programming games. Every simulated creature is a virtual robot with complex input and outputs and each DNA is in fact a program that acts on a memory cells array. Freeware.
digilander.libero.it |
| 9. | GALife | | | Watch creatures based on a neural network learn to solve simple problems (eating the right foods, escaping traps) through random mutations and selection of the fittest. Highly configurable, with a modular structure.
digilander.libero.it |
| 11. | TIN Artificial Life | | | TIN is a primitive artificial life program running under X (Unix), equipped with some basic instincts and abilities, living in a 2D environment.
www.jetlag.demon.nl |
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