SOURCE CODE FOR THEORETICAL MORPHOLOGIC SIMULATION OF HELICAL COLONY FORM IN THE BRYOZOA

ABSTRACT

The analytic techniques of theoretical morphology involve the computer simulation of both existent and nonexistent biological form, and the subsequent analysis of the distribution and evolution of biological form within theoretical morphospaces. In this contribution we make available the computer source code used in the simulation of hypothetical helical colony forms found in the Bryozoa—colony forms that have been convergently evolved multiple times in the evolutionary history of the phylum.

David M. Raup. Department of the Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637 USA
George R. McGhee Jr. Department of Geological Sciences, Wright-Rieman Laboratories, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903 USA correspondence author
Frank K. McKinney. Department of Geology, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina 28608 USA

KEY WORDS: Theoretical morphology; helical colonies; form simulation; Bryozoa