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Teaching Genetic Linkage and Recombination through Mapping with Molecular Markers

Most introductory genetics courses cover genetic linkage, a core concept in the CourseSource genetics learning outcome framework. Although it is a classical genetics topic, genetic linkage remains an important concept to understand in order to...

Courses: Genetics Plant Biology Science Process Skills

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Homologous chromosomes? Exploring human sex chromosomes, sex determination and sex reversal using bioinformatics approaches

Constructing a robust understanding of homologous chromosomes, sex chromosomes, and the particulate nature of genes is a notoriously difficult task for undergraduate biology students. In this lesson, students expand their knowledge of human...

Courses: Bioinformatics Genetics Introductory Biology Science Process Skills

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Using Constructed Response Questions on High-Stakes Assessments in Large Classes With Limited Support

Large lecture courses often rely heavily, and sometimes exclusively, on Multiple Choice (MC) exams to assess student learning. Constructed Response (CR) questions, in which students generate their own answers, can provide more insight into student...

Courses: Genetics

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Mapping a Mutation to its Gene: The "Fly Lab" as a Modern Research Experience

Although genetics is an invaluable part of the undergraduate biology curriculum, it can be intimidating to students as well as instructors: Students must reduce their reliance on memorization and dive deep into quantitative analysis, and...

Courses: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Bioinformatics Genetics Science Process Skills

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Learning Quantitative Genetics: Investigation of Genetic Control for Cold Stress Response in Plants

Course-embedded undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) for students have been shown to increase students’ understanding of the process of science, affirm their scientific identity, and improve retention in STEM fields. Despite many CUREs...

Courses: Genetics

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Does it pose a threat? Investigating the impact of Bt corn on monarch butterflies

Aspiring scientists know that a hallmark of science is that experiments are repeatable and testable. However, students do not often get opportunities to explore the replicability of science. Using a current “hot topic” of...

Courses: Ecology Ecology Genetics Introductory Biology Science Process Skills

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Learning R for Biologists: A Mini Course Grab-Bag for Instructors

As biology becomes more data driven, teaching students data literacy skills has become central to biology curriculum. Despite a wealth of online resources that teach researchers how to use R, there are few that offer practical laboratory-based...

Courses: Anatomy-Physiology Bioinformatics Ecology Ecology Genetics

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Homologous chromosomes? Exploring human sex chromosomes, sex determination and sex reversal using bioinformatics approaches

Using Constructed Response Questions on High-Stakes Assessments in Large Classes With Limited Support

Mapping a Mutation to its Gene: The "Fly Lab" as a Modern Research Experience

Learning Quantitative Genetics: Investigation of Genetic Control for Cold Stress Response in Plants

Does it pose a threat? Investigating the impact of Bt corn on monarch butterflies

Learning R for Biologists: A Mini Course Grab-Bag for Instructors

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Teaching Genetic Linkage and Recombination through Mapping with Molecular Markers

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Learning Quantitative Genetics: Investigation of Genetic Control for Cold Stress Response in Plants

Does it pose a threat? Investigating the impact of Bt corn on monarch butterflies

Learning R for Biologists: A Mini Course Grab-Bag for Instructors