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AVIDA exercise on the role of mutation in evolution

Author(s): William Beachly

Hastings College

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A tested exercise at the college freshmen level using AVIDA-Ed to generate and test a hypothesis about the relationship between mutation rate and the probability of evolving a useful function in which students pool and analyze data from their…

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A tested exercise at the college freshmen level using AVIDA-Ed to generate and test a hypothesis about the relationship between mutation rate and the probability of evolving a useful function in which students pool and analyze data from their simulations.

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Version 1.0 - published on 21 May 2019 doi:10.25334/Q46X75 - cite this

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A "lab" using virtual evolution that can be adapted to a lecture period or longer time frame that may be used as follow-up to an introductory AVIDA-Ed activity or lead to further hypothesis generation and testing with this platform.

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