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Table 3 Gene pool table

From: Evolution in Lego ®: A Physical Simulation of Adaptation by Natural Selection

  1. The table is used to calculate the proportion of each allele in the gene pool (one table is used for each gene pool in each generation). For each animal, the fitness is entered in the column corresponding to its allele. The sample data entered in the table are taken from the generation table (Table 2). This example shows the calculation for gene 1 (data in the shaded column in Table 2). The adjusted weights in the bottom line of the table are the distribution of bricks in the gene pool of gene 1 used for drawing the next generation of animals. Note that already the gene pool for gene 1 is heavily weighed in favor of the blue (correct) and white (incorrect) alleles