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    How to Find a Gene: Retrieving Information From Gene Databases
    A strong understanding of distinct gene components and the ability to retrieve relevant information from gene databases are necessary to answer a diverse set of biological questions. However, often...

    Keywords: NCBItranscriptiontranslationGene StructureGene databasesEnsembl

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    2014-Enderling-Chaplain-Mathematical Modeling of Tumor Growth and Treatment
    Herein we describe fundamentals of mathematical modeling of tumor growth and tumor-host interactions, and summarize some of the seminal and most prominent approaches.

    Keywords: cancertumor modelingangiogenesistumor growthpatient care

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    Introductory Video and worksheets on Module 1 and 2 on "Sequence Similarity: An inquiry based and under the hood..."
    The video walks the students to complete Module 1 and 2 on Sequence Similarly and Alignment adapted from Tapprich (2019) and Hudson Alpha that teaches these modules within the context of the...

    Keywords: bioinformaticssequencingFASTANCBINIBLSEalgorithmsBLASTmultiple sequence alignmentsequence similarityBLOSUM scoring matrixCourseSource

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    Evolution of Caffeine Biosynthesis Enzymes
    This case focuses on exploring why plants make secondary metabolites like caffeine and how the enzymes required for making caffeine evolved.

    Keywords: Evolutioncaffeinemolecular visualization and analysisenzymesPDBMolecular Case Study

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    Understanding Restriction Enzyme Digests
    Prior to submitting genomic DNA for sequencing, SEA students perform a restriction endonuclease digest with several enzymes, which provides a fast and cost-effective way of quickly screening...
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    Using CRISPR-Cas9 to teach the fundamentals of molecular biology and experimental design
    One of the challenges of inquiry-based research experiences is balancing the instruction on skills and techniques with data generation and analysis. This is especially true in technique heavy...

    Keywords: experimental designcrisprmolecular technique

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    Hemoglobin cooperativity and adaptations to high altitude living
    This resource accompanies the "How does blood carry oxygen?" chapter in the Integrating Concepts in Biology etext. Students evaluate the cooperativity of hemoglobin and adaptations to high...

    Keywords: Integrating Concepts in Biology

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    Fantastic Birds and Where to Find Them
    5E lesson plan for middle/high school aligned to NGSS standards.

    Keywords: conservationspecies interactionsidigbionatural historyBiodiversityendangered species

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    Converting a Face-to-Face Lab to Online: An Example of Process and Outcomes for a CRISPR-Based Molecular Biology Lab
    The COVID-19 pandemic created a need to convert in-person laboratory courses into an online format in a short amount of time. For this reason, we converted our face-to-face molecular biology lab...

    Keywords: mutationtranscriptioncrisprtranslation

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    Developing a phylogram from computational resources.
    This laboratory module, published on CourseSource, leads introductory biology students in the exploration of a basic set of bioinformatics concepts and tools.

    Keywords: phylogeneticsbioinformaticssequencingFASTANCBINIBLSEalgorithmsBLASTmultiple sequence alignmentsequence similarityneighbor-joining distance matrixCourseSourcephylogrampercent identity matrix

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    Bioinformatics: Investigating Sequence Similarity - A Plant Biology Approach
    This laboratory module is a modification of the original published on CourseSource with a focus on plant biology. In the final activity, students conduct a BLAST to compare histone protein...

    Keywords: phylogeneticsbioinformaticssequencingFASTANCBIplant biologyNIBLSEalgorithmsincubatorsPlant and Fungal EvolutionBLASTmultiple sequence alignmentsequence similarityBLOSUM scoring matrixneighbor-joining distance matrixCourseSourcephylogram

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    Sequence Similarity: An inquiry based and "under the hood" approach for incorporating molecular sequence alignment in introductory undergraduate biology courses
    This laboratory module, published on CourseSource, leads introductory biology students in the exploration of a basic set of bioinformatics concepts and tools.

    Keywords: phylogeneticsbioinformaticssequencingFASTANCBINIBLSEalgorithmsincubatorsBLASTmultiple sequence alignmentsequence similarityBLOSUM scoring matrixneighbor-joining distance matrixCourseSourcephylogramZika virus

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    Untitled QUBES Resource Draft (1)
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    Quartile Tutorial
    Numbers Count Excel resource

    Keywords: ExcelNumbers Count

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    Answer Checking Highlander's notes
    Highlander's teacher notes

    Keywords: math attitudesanswer checkingResources @ BIOMAAP

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    Reflective Writing teacher notes_Highlander
    Highlander's teacher notes

    Keywords: writingreflective writingmath attitudesResources @ BIOMAAP

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    Growth Mindset teacher notes_Highlander
    Highlander's teaching notes

    Keywords: growth mindsetmetacognitionmath attitudesResources @ BIOMAAP

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    Dendroclimatology images
    Database of image files for AIMS Resource: Dendroclimatology

    Keywords: imagesdendroclimatologyResources @ AIMS

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    World Population Density
    World population density 1950-2050

    Keywords: dataResources @ BioQUEST - Numbers Count

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    Making toast: Using analogies to explore concepts in bioinformatics
    Contemporary biology is moving towards heavy reliance on computational methods to manage, find patterns, and derive meaning from large-scale data, such as genomic sequences. Biology teachers are...

    Keywords: bioinformaticsworkflowgenome

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