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

    Keywords: modulephylogeneticsecologycell biologymolecular genetics

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    Allele and Phenotype Frequencies in Rock Pocket Mouse Populations
    A lesson that uses real rock pocket mouse data collected by Dr. Michael Nachman and his colleagues to illustrate the Hardy-Weinberg principle.

    Keywords: EvolutionResources @ HHMI - BioInteractiveNatural SelectionScientific ProcessStatistics and Mathevolution of populations

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    Leslie/Lefkovitch Matrix Models for Age or Stage-structured Populations
    This Excel workbook uses the Leslie matrix model for population projection of age-class structured populations, and also allows Lefkovitch matrix models for stage-class structured populations.

    Keywords: survivalpopulation ecologyfecundityLeslie matrixeigenvalueseigenvectorsLefkovitch matrixage-class structured populationsstage-class structured populationsreproductive value

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    DeFinetti 1.0
    This Excel workbook simulates evolution of a single gene with three alleles. The user assigns fitness values to each of the six possible genotypes, then enters starting allele frequencies for each...

    Keywords: population geneticsallelesevolutionary fitness

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    Freezer Full of Fossils v2.0
    The Long Term Evolution Experiment started by Dr. Richard Lenski provides a rich dataset to help students explore concepts of fitness, replication, and adaption.

    Keywords: graphingfitnessadaptationcompetitionSpreadsheet

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    Citations
    Published Avida-Ed article

    Keywords: EvolutioncurriculumSelectionDigital Organisms

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    Taking a Second Look: Investigating Biology with Visual Datasets
    An article exploring the use of visual datasets as an educational aid for biology students.

    Keywords: Evolutionpedagogyclassificationphylogenyvisual learningResources @ QUBES - Teaching & Reference

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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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    Global Temperature Change in the 21st Century
    This is an FMN participant modification of the TIEE module "Global Temperature Change in the 21st Century," authored by Daniel R. Taub and Gillian S. Graham in 2011.

    Keywords: ecologyIntroductoryfmnLectureUndergraduateData DiscoveryInstructional SettingAudience LevelActivity LengthMore than 1 hour

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    Examining human impacts on tusk evolution in elephants using authentic research data
    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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    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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    Furry with a chance of evolution: Exploring genetic drift with tuco-tucos
    Genetic drift is an important mechanism of evolution, yet undergraduates often fail to understand how it leads to evolutionary change due in part to its random nature. This lesson plan describes a...

    Keywords: EvolutionGenetic DriftBottle neckFounder effectRandom evolutionary processes

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    A Quick and Simple Natural Selection Role Play
    Teaching evolution remains a challenging task in biology education. Students enter the classroom with stubborn misconceptions and many traditional examples of the process of evolution may not...

    Keywords: EvolutionfitnessNatural Selectionheritability

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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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    Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium
    This module introduces the Hardy-Weinberg model in the context of understanding the population's genotype and allele frequencies. It is intended for an introductory biology audience.

    Keywords: genotypeallelesGenetics and EvolutionFrequenciesHardy-Weinberg model

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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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    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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    Spatial Analysis with QGIS
    Map specimen data points using QGIS, connect them to form a polygon using the Concave Hull plugin, and calculate the range of a species to examine how it changes over time.

    Keywords: natural history collectionsspecies distributionscourse-based research experiences (CUREs)spatial analysisdigitized natural history collectionsQGIS

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    1977-HI_Freedman-P_Whitman-Mathematical models of population interactions with dispersal
    A system of differential equations is proposed as a model of dispersion between two populations in habitats separated by a barrier.

    Keywords: predatorbarriertwo populationstwo habitats

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    Lizard Evolution Series Collection
    The species of Anolis lizards of the Caribbean provide a living example of evolution and speciation.

    Keywords: geneticsEvolutionResources @ HHMI - BioInteractivebehaviororganismal biologySpeciationDNAphylogeny and classificationHigh School

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