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    Enzymes and the Rate of Chemical Reactions
    This module introduces rates of reactions in the context of understanding how enzymes affect chemical reactions. It is intended for an introductory biology audience.

    Keywords: calculushyperbolic equationsCellular Processesrates of change

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    Half Life of mRNA
    This module introduces exponential growth and decay in the context of understanding the stability of mRNA. It is intended for an introductory biology audience.

    Keywords: exponential equationsGenetic Informationlogarithmic equationshalf-lifemRNA

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    Hemoglobin Evolution
    This module introduces equations describing blood viscosity and oxygen transport in the context of understanding the evolution of red blood cells. It is intended for an introductory biology audience.

    Keywords: calculushyperbolic equationsAnimal Physiologyparabolic equationsmaxima

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    Lung Capacity and Rhythms in Breathing
    This module introduces rhythmic inhaling and exhaling in the context of understanding trigonometry and sine waves. It is intended for an introductory biology audience.

    Keywords: Trigonometrysine wavesAnimal Physiology

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    Maintenance of Cell Shape
    This module introduces an equation to calculate roundness in the context of understanding how myosin contributes to cell shape. It is intended for an introductory biology audience.

    Keywords: AlgebraCell StructureCell Growthbar chart

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    Mechanisms of Cell Attachment
    This module introduces the calculation of refractive indices along a cell surface in the context of understanding the attachment of cells to surfaces. It is intended for an introductory biology...

    Keywords: GeometryCell StructureCell GrowthSimple EquationsInterpreting GraphCell Attachment

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    Tension in Blood Vessels: LaPlace's Equation
    This module introduces Laplace's equation in the context of understanding tension in the walls of blood vessels. It is intended for an introductory biology audience.

    Keywords: linear equationsOpenStaxAnimal Physiology

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    Nuclear and Cytoplasmic Viscosity
    This module introduces a modified Stokes-Einstein equation in the context of understanding the difference in viscosity between the nucleus and cytoplasm of cells

    Keywords: linear equationsCell StructureCell GrowthCytoplasmic Viscosity

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    Nucleo-cytoplasmic Transport
    This module introduces exponential decay and the rate of influx in the context of understanding the transport of molecules from the cytoplasm to the nucleus. It is intended for an introductory...

    Keywords: exponential equationsCell StructureCell Growth

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    Nucleoplasmic Index
    This module introduces the nucleoplasmic index in the context of understanding how the volume of organelles and cell contents change during the cell cycle. It is intended for an introductory...

    Keywords: RatiosInterpreting GraphsCell StructureCell GrowthNucleoplasmic Index

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    Oxygen Diffusion in Simple Organisms
    This module introduces equations related to oxygen diffusion in the context of understanding the relationship between oxygen needs and metabolism. It is intended for an introductory biology audience.

    Keywords: linear equationsOpenStaxAnimal Physiologyparabolic equations

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    Plant Cell Expansion and Plant Hormones
    This module introduces the cell enlargement model in the context of understanding plant hormones' effects. It is intended for an introductory biology audience.

    Keywords: plant physiologyhyperbolic equationsplant hormonescell enlargement

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    Population Bottlenecks: Heterozygosity vs. Allelic Diversity
    This module introduces heterozygosity and allelic diversity in the context of understanding population bottlenecks. It is intended for an introductory biology audience.

    Keywords: Ratiosexponential equationsAlgebraGenetics and Evolution

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    Sperm Motility
    This module introduces equations related to oxygen diffusion in the context of understanding the relationship between oxygen needs and metabolism. It is intended for an introductory biology audience.

    Keywords: OpenStaxAnimal Physiologyparabolic equationssquare root

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    Introduction to Python for Data Science Course
    Free Introduction to Python for Data Science Course at DataCamp

    Keywords: data scienceonline learningcoursepythonfree

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    Introduction to R Course
    Free Introduction to R Course at DataCamp

    Keywords: Rdata scienceonline learningcoursefree

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    Intro to BIOMAAP - Student Introduction
    This presentation is intended as a short, in-class introduction to the program and some of the research behind it, in hopes of generating ‘buy in’ for a course-long use of BIOMAAP materials.

    Keywords: metacognitionmath attitudesResources @ BIOMAAP

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    Michaelis-Menten Enzyme Kinetics
    In this simulation, equations used in enzyme kinetics (Michaelis-Menten, Eadie-Hofstee, Dixon, and Lineweaver-Burk) are modeled under various conditions.

    Keywords: Michaelis-Mentenenzymesenzyme kinetics

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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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    EvolSeq
    An Excel worksheet that simulates the molecular evolution of DNA sequences.

    Keywords: molecular evolutionDNA

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