Preview - Understanding Genetics And Evolution With Computational Models (Sol)

Population dynamics Basics

This is a model simulating the growth of a bacterial population in an environment containing sugar. Bacteria eat sugar and divide. Thus, the population of bacteria grow.

Start the simulation with one type of bacteria.

Let's investigate how the bacterial population changes over time.

Questions

Please answer the questions below.

Write your observations about changes in the bacterial population over time.

Change the 'carrying capacity' of the environment. How does the carrying capacity affects the growth of the population?

Notes

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