Parent
All variants descend from this parent
Parent traits
- Branching: 2
- Depth: 3
- Angle: 43
- Length: 37
- Branch reduction: 73
- Symmetry: 0
- Red: 90
- Green: 221
- Blue: 100
- Thickness: 2
- Curvature: -8
- Leaf size: 4
- Irregularity: 9
Dawkins’s Biomorphs
A visual demonstration of evolution through mutation and selection
How to use the simulator
- Inspired by: Richard Dawkins’s book The Blind Watchmaker
- Biomorph genes: branching, depth, angles, length, colour and symmetry
- Mutations: random changes to genes, with the selected probability for each trait
- Selection: choose the biomorph you like best as the parent
- Evolution: a new generation is created from the selected parent
- History: the display is limited to 15 generations
Generation 0 · choose the next parent
Variant 1
4 changed traits
What changed
- Angle: 43 → 39
- Red: 90 → 66
- Blue: 100 → 103
- Thickness: 2 → 1 — minimum reached
Variant 2
3 changed traits
What changed
- Branching: 2 → 1 — minimum reached
- Curvature: -8 → -13
- Leaf size: 4 → 5
Variant 3
4 changed traits
What changed
- Depth: 3 → 2
- Angle: 43 → 51
- Green: 221 → 234
- Leaf size: 4 → 5
Variant 4
6 changed traits
What changed
- Angle: 43 → 35
- Branch reduction: 73 → 69
- Symmetry: 0 → 1
- Blue: 100 → 74
- Leaf size: 4 → 5
- Irregularity: 9 → 8
Variant 5
2 changed traits
What changed
- Branch reduction: 73 → 75
- Curvature: -8 → -10
Variant 6
3 changed traits
What changed
- Length: 37 → 32
- Green: 221 → 228
- Thickness: 2 → 3
Variant 7
2 changed traits
What changed
- Angle: 43 → 44
- Curvature: -8 → -11
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