Comparison of Autosomal Genetic Models

Genetic Modeling Background A couple of years ago I made my first model of genetic inheritance. It was probably about as simple as such a model could be. Rather than having 22 separate autosomal chromosomes, it was more like having one long string of connected...

Modeling the Inheritance of X Chromosome DNA

First X Model Attempt In June, 2019 I started working on a model of X Chromosome inheritance. The model ran into some problems and I seemed to have given up on it for some time. Seven months later I decided that this was something I still really wanted to do. I set up...

Modeling the Inheritance of Ancestral DNA

A discrete, stochastic model, written in Python I’m always impressed by a model that reproduces a real life phenomenon, but is so simple that it seems like its creation was inevitable. That’s how I felt when I first saw the standing ovation and flocking birds models....