BioDigital Human vs StarGenetics

BioDigital Human is an interactive 3D platform for viewing human anatomy, health conditions, and treatments. Its Human Library has more than 1,000 models in eight languages, including male, female, and pediatric anatomy, systems, and regional views. The virtual human contains over 14,000 anatomical structures, and the library depicts more than 600 health conditions. Treatment materials include interactive procedures, prostheses, and pharmacological animations; new treatment and mechanism-of-action models are added monthly. Human Studio lets users create customized model views and guided anatomy journeys without a developer. Quiz Builder includes over 200 library quizzes and tools to create or customize quizzes. The HTML-based platform can embed 3D models in learning management systems and other digital products. It is presented for education, clinical workflows, and pharmaceutical and medical device companies. The free Personal plan includes 10 in-app 3D model views per month, five saved models, and 500+ anatomy and physiology models. It does not include publishing tools or developer toolkits and APIs for embedding models or building experiences.

StarGenetics is a free simulator for Mendelian genetics crosses, intended to teach genetics concepts and experimental design. Its stated audience ranges from high school biology to advanced undergraduate biology. Students can use visualizers for cows, fish, flies, peas, a smiley face and yeast. Instructor resources cover genetic crosses, Punnett squares, complementation, epistasis, gene linkage and mapping, and tetrad analysis. Instructors can customize exercises using Excel workbooks in XLS format. The Punnett Square tool summarizes expected genotypic distributions for monohybrid and dihybrid crosses. Fly mating results can be viewed individually, sorted by sex and phenotype, or summarized by phenotype; DNA markers for genetic mapping are available in the Fly and Fish visualizers. Experiments can be saved to a file and reopened later. Excel export is limited to Fly exercises. StarGenetics is accessible through the web and downloadable for Linux, Windows and macOS. MIT recommends Java Web Start and provides operating-system downloads for users with limited internet connectivity. Users can submit bug reports, feature requests, comments or questions through the in-app suggestions form.