The Virtual Genetics Lab: a freely-available open-source genetics simulation.(INQUIRY & INVESTIGATION) From: The American Biology Teacher | Date: January 1, 2007| Author: Bolker, Ethan; Koolar, Nikunj; Ma, Wei; Maw, Naing Naing; White, Brian; Yu, Chung Ying | COPYRIGHT 2007 National Association of Biology Teachers. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

We have developed the Virtual Genetics Lab (VGL), a computer simulation of transmission genetics in a hypothetical insect. The program presents a student with a genetic phenomenon-the inheritance of a randomly-selected trait. The student's task is to determine how this trait is inherited. He/she constructs a genetic model for the phenomenon by designing his/her own experimental crosses; the results of these crosses are generated by the software. He/she then analyzes the results, re...