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    Origin and Diversity of Armor in Girdled Lizards
    The girdled lizards (Cordylidae) are a family of distinctively armored lizards endemic to Sub-Saharan Africa. Students examine lizards in this family to classify the lizards based on morphological...

    Keywords: Evolutionphylogenetic analysisHerpetologynatural history collections3D modelsVertebrate MorphologyCT scanoVertConvergent Evolution

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    Evolution of Tusklessness in African Elephants
    The exploitation of African elephants in the form of ivory poaching is exacerbated by warfare. The affects of this anthropogenic evolutionary force on the African savanna elephant (Loxodonta...

    Keywords: Hardy-Weinbergchi-squaredEvolutionExponentsRatiospercentselephantsGorongosa National ParkAfricaqbccUnderstanding fractionsSolving Equations and InequalitiesConcepts in Statisticsusing statisticstusk & tusklessIvory poachingFractions and Mixed NumbersDecimals

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    Helping Students to Overcome STUMPS: Scientific terms undermined by meanings peripheral to science
    Many terms and phrases that are ubiquitous in everyday use have very different meanings in science. As a result, biology students often hold prior conceptions that are difficult to change. In this...

    Keywords: Evolutionfitnessprocess of sciencetree of lifemetacognitionlanguagemisconceptionsTerminologyTheory

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    Exploring the Introduction of Genetic Variation by Random Mutation: Avida-Ed Lab Book Exercise 1
    An introductory activity introducing the role of random mutation in generating genetic variation using the Avida-ED simulation.

    Keywords: geneticsEvolutionavida-edmutationsoftware simulations

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    Maintenance of Phenotypic Polymorphism and a Scientist Spotlight Featuring Dr. Swanne Gordon
    In this lesson students interpret graphical evidence of frequency-dependent selection in the wood tiger moth, then make long-term evolutionary predictions. They then read and reflect on an...
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    Linking Genotype to Phenotype: The Effect of a Mutation in Gibberellic Acid Production on Plant Germination
    Basic concepts in genetics and plant development are often taught in lecture courses without a lab component. This approach provides students with the content knowledge, but fails to make...

    Keywords: geneticsdevelopmentmutationgerminationplantmodel organismGenotype/PhenotypeHormoneSeed

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    What is Speciation, How Does It Occur, and Why Is It Important for Conservation?
    Speciation provides a framework for classifying biodiversity on Earth and is a central concept in evolutionary biology. To help undergraduate students learn about speciation, we designed a...

    Keywords: EvolutionconservationGenetic DriftSpeciationNatural SelectionBiological species conceptgene flowMorphological species conceptPhylogenetic species concept

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    Life Is Just a Game: An Active Learning Activity to Teach Life History Evolution
    A novel activity was designed to introduce students to the concepts of natural selection and life history using an active-learning, constructivist format. It consisted of two parts: 1) a brief...

    Keywords: Evolutionlife historytrade-offsdiversityNatural Selection

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    Using the Hardy-Weinberg Equations: Quantifying Natural Selection and Allele Frequencies
    This module contains exercises designed to walk students through a real-world example of the coevolution of fruit color and primate frugivore color vision. Students will apply the Hardy-Weinberg...

    Keywords: Hardy-WeinbergEvolutionintroductory biologyQuantitative reasoninginterdisciplinaryNIQBC2. Data and GraphsC4. mathematical modelsC3. Statistical AnalysisC6. Quantitative LanguageC1. Numeracy

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    "Boost your evolution IQ": An evolution misconceptions game
    Students often enter introductory biology courses with misconceptions about evolution. For example, many students believe that traits arise when a species needs them or that evolutionary processes...

    Keywords: Evolutionactive learningNatural Selectiongroup workmisconceptions

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    Examining the Physiology Behind the Symptoms of Lactose Intolerance
    This is a set of extension questions for the HHMI short film The Making of the Fittest: Got Lactase? The Co-evolution of Genes Video Activity.
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    Examining human impacts on tusk evolution in elephants using authentic research data using Serenity
    In this activity students explore and analyze real, authentic research data paired with HHMI’s “Selection for Tuskless Elephants” video in a hands-on investigation of human impacts on elephant...
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    Louse and Human Coevolution
    This module examines the complicated co-evolution of Lice, Humans, and Great Apes

    Keywords: phylogeneticsBiodiversityparasitesCoevolutionhuman evolution

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    Finding Selection in All the Right Places
    Lab introducing students to evolutionary genetics using bioinformatics and biocuration, published as GSA Learning Resource

    Keywords: geneticsbioinformaticssequencingNIBLSE

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    An Investigation of Island Biogeography using Data from Online Natural History Collections
    Module on coevolution in which students utilize natural history collections. Initial module by AIM-UP was modified by BLUE

    Keywords: moduleQuerying databasesThe Analysis of Biological DataResources @ AIM-UP!Island biogeographynatural history collection

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    Altruism Simulation Activity
    An altruism activity that uses a NetLogo altruism simulation.

    Keywords: Evolutiontool:netlogoanimal behavioraltruism

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    Using Data Science Skills and Digitized Natural History Collections Data to Investigate Ecological and Evolutionary Principles in Introductory Biology Courses
    Session presentation Biodiversity Literacy in Undergraduate Education project at the 2019 BioQUEST & QUBES Summer Workshop

    Keywords: data sciencenatural history collections2019 QUBES/BioQUEST Summer WorkshopBLUEdigitized natural history collections

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    E. coli Citrate Use
    EvoEd module on citrate use in E.coli

    Keywords: modulephylogeneticsecologycell biologymolecular genetics

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    Student-Generated Analogies for Learning about Information Flow
    Using analogies is a standard practice for both teaching and communicating ideas in science. Here we upend the traditional lesson, where the instructor provides a fully constructed analogy and...

    Keywords: critical thinkingcentral dogmaanalogical reasoning

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    2016-Lewnard-Townsend-Climatic and evolutionary drivers of phase shifts in the plague epidemics of colonial India
    Our analysis shows that historical datasets can yield powerful insights into the transmission dynamics of reemerging disease agents with which we have limited contemporary experience to guide...

    Keywords: infectious diseasepVector-Borne Diseaselagueplague

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