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    Selection and the Blond Beach Mouse
    National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science- this "clicker" case study explores ultimate and proximate explanations for cryptic coloration in animals.

    Keywords: Evolutionexperimental designadaptationmutationNatural Selectionultimate explanationproximate explanationevolutionary fitnessmelanincoat colorationcrypsisMc1rAgouticonvergence

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    Natural Selection and Galápagos Finches
    A worksheet and accompanying data set that guides students through making and interpreting frequency distributions, selection differentials, and fitness functions.

    Keywords: EvolutionResources @ HHMI - BioInteractive

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    Evolution Through Natural Selection
    This Excel workbook simulates the population genetics of a single gene with two alleles, allowing the user to set the initial allele frequencies and enter parameters for a variety of different...

    Keywords: population geneticsNatural Selection

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    Web Popgen
    A Hardy-Weinberg simulation program.

    Keywords: Hardy-Weinbergpopulation geneticscomputer simulationsGenetic DriftmutationNatural Selection

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    Luria-Delbruck
    These two workbooks model the evolution of phage resistance in a bacterial population under two alternative hypotheses.

    Keywords: phageLuria-Delbruckresistance

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    Exploring Fitness and Population Change under Selection: Avida-Ed Lab Book Exercise 3
    An introductory activity exploring the process of natural selection in action using the Avida-ED simulation.

    Keywords: population geneticsfitnessavida-edsoftware simulationsSelectionevolutionary fitness

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    Mutation and Selection: An Exploration of Antibiotic Resistance in Serratia Marcescens
    This laboratory module gives students hands-on experience with mutation and selection in bacteria.

    Keywords: moduleinquiry labsmutationartificial selectionbacteriain-class activityHandoutlab protocolResources @ QUBES - Teaching & Referenceantibiotic-resistance

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    The Evolution of Human Skin Color
    My teaching notes for the Evolution of Human Skin Color case study.

    Keywords: EvolutionNatural SelectionSkin pigmentationskin colorvitamin Dvitamin B folateultraviolet lightUV light

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    Moths and Frogs and E. coli, Oh My!: Agent-based Modeling of Evolutionary Systems
    In evolution classrooms, introducing and reinforcing the idea of genetic drift and random selection can be challenging, as can be reinforcing appropriate mental models of evolution. Agent-based...

    Keywords: modelingEvolutionecologyagent-based modelingGenetic Driftenvironmental scienceNatural Selectioncompetitive coevolutionsimulation modelingevolutionary reasoning

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    Bird Beak Adaptations
    Students will navigate through different stations experiencing simulations of adaptations, manipulations of 3D examples, and making connections to the standards to formulate hypotheses about...

    Keywords: EvolutionidigbiobirdsAnatomynatural history collectionsNatural Selection3D modelsAdaptations#NGSSVertebrate MorphologyoVert

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    Teaching Selection Mechanisms to 9th Graders using "Are You My Species?" Data Nugget
    Teaching notes related to the use the of Data Nugget "Are You My Species?" to teach mechanisms of selection and quantitative skills in a 9th grade Biology classroom.

    Keywords: Evolutionbiologyonlinequantitative skillssexual selectionSelectionDifferentiated Instruction

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    How Many More Thymes? A Case of Phytochemical Defense
    National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science- this clicker case addresses several concepts related to the evolutionary ecology of herbivore defenses.

    Keywords: food websgenotypephenotypeHerbivoryherbivoredeterrencemonoterpeneproducerchemotypeThymus vulgaristhymeMediterranean ecosystemchemical defenses

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    Escape Zoom!: Reviewing Introductory Evolution Content Using an Escape Room Format
    Reviewing and integrating key concepts and learning goals at the end of a biology course can be overwhelming to students and instructors alike. Often end-of-term review sessions in preparation for...

    Keywords: Evolutionartificial selectionSpeciationextinctionsexual selectionphylogenetic treesmechanisms of evolution

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    Will You Find This Humerus? Homology Lab
    Students will compare and contrast the morphology of vertebrate forelimbs, and will use this knowledge to draw conclusions about their common ancestor and descent with modification.

    Keywords: Evolutionbiologyidigbionatural history collections3D modelsVertebrate MorphologyoVerthomologous structuresWWISE

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    Evolution
    This video explores the way evolution happens via natural selection in the context of the microbial world. Viruses and bacteria are discussed. We will see how evolution can be simulated in a...

    Keywords: videosEvolutionNatural SelectionScience Forwardmicrobes

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    Population Genetics: Limits to Adaptation
    This module introduces gene flow in the context of understanding the persistence of maladaptive traits in some populations. It is intended for an introductory biology audience.

    Keywords: LogarithmsAlgebraGenetics and Evolution

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    Evo-Ed: Cases for Effective Evolution Education
    BioQUEST 2018 Education Resources for Evo-ED.
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    The Evolution (and Coevolution) of Flowering Plants
    Module on coevolution developed by AIM-UP. In the module students utilize natural history collections.

    Keywords: moduleResources @ AIM-UP!Coevolutionpollination biologynatural history collections

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    The Evolution (and Coevolution) of Flowering Plants Virtual Classroom
    In this lab, you will explore the diversity of flower and fruit adaptations that have evolved to accomplish pollination and seed dispersal and you will investigate the coevolution of angiosperms...

    Keywords: digital resourcespollination biologynatural history collectionsFloral Diversity

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    Sexual Dimorphism CURE: Exploring Melanized Wing Patterns of Pieridae Butterflies
    Teach a Course-based Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE) using digitized natural history collections data to test hypotheses on sexually dimorphic wing melanization patterns of Pieris rapae...

    Keywords: data analysismorphologyidigbiosexual dimorphismdata managementImageJsexual selectionnatural history collectionsbutterflycourse-based research experiences (CUREs)digitized natural history collectionsQGISmorphometricsBCEENETgeoreferencing

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