Pea Plant Genetics Lab
Version 6
Version 6 available for Windows XP, 2000 etc. and Macintosh OS X 10.3 or greater.

See the bottom of this page for our 7 day Demonstration.
Make Mendel's experiments come alive with this versatile and simple to use software.
If you teach genetics by doing breeding experiments, you need to look at this software.

Image of Drosophila Genetics Screen.

This breeding simulation is designed for junior and senior students and encourages the development of skills in scientific method. As a teaching tool it may be used in a variety of teaching strategies.

Students visually count, categorize and record the individual plants.

Making this a realistic science experience rather than a secondhand data exercise.

Teachers now have the option to allow the students to use an auto-count system to count up to 100,000 plants in seconds.
This means that longer experiments, dihybrid and trihybrid crsooses, can be done quickly.

Student reporting is now an option - students have to fill in the number and type of plants they observed before the program allows auto-counting. This provides the teacher with a report on the students accuracy while counting.

Integrated construction kit enables new plants to be created and used as parents in seconds.

Also includes a Teacher Resource document in pdf format - 110 reproducible pages contain 24 experiments to guide students through examples of:

  1. Single Genes
  2. Double Genes
  3. Triple Genes
  4. Incomplete Dominance
  5. Codominance

    Other Features include:

    6 genotype display modes including Tptp, tp+ tp or + tp.
    Teacher blocking of dominant gene display.
    Unlimited generations.
    Unlimited plants in each generation.
    Hold selected plants, then use them as the next parents.



    Problem solving using Pea Plant Genetics Lab!
 

As well the breeding program you also get a Plant Construction Kit featuring:
All 7 of Mendel's mutant genes.
Load and save individual or pairs of plants for future experiments.
Make a plant and use it as a parent without the need to save the plant.


The Plant editor is now an integrated part of the program.
Plant Construction Kit.
Image of Fly Construction Kit Screen.

This section has 2 modes:
Student Mode
- Construct homozygous plants with a mutation in all Mendel's 7 plant characteristics.
Teacher Mode
- Select up to 2 mutant genes per characteristic as heterozygous or 1 as homozygous.

Save each plant with one of 3 genotype display options:

Always:
Display the genotype of the plant during breeding, provided the teachers has set this as an option.
Lock Code: Only displayed after a plant's code word has been entered. Good for classroom problem solving and practical tests.
Never: Excellent for school or home based assignments.

£139 for Full Site Licence + VAT
Free 7 Day Trial download for Pea Plant Genetics Lab NOW available! HERE

Available for:
IBM PC
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Windows XP, 2000, NT & 98 etc.

Software supplied on CD or by download from site.

Macintosh  OS X 10.3 or greater .
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