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Python for Science and Maths › Biology by ComputerPython for Science and Maths › Simulation and RandomnessChapter 5Biology by Computer
Bacteria double every twenty minutes, a population of deer levels off when food runs short, and a cross between two pea plants gives tall and short offspring in a three to one ratio. In this chapter you write programs that grow populations step by step, fit growth curves to data, and cross plants and count the offspring. It goes with the chapters How do Organisms Reproduce? and Heredity, so each program checks what you learn there.
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Growth and Populations by Computer
Model a population step by step: exponential growth and doubling time, logistic growth with a carrying capacity, and fitting a growth curve to real counts.
Genetics by Computer
Build Punnett squares in code, cross plants for one and two traits, count the ratios, and simulate many crosses to see chance at work.