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    The Science Behind Parthenogenesis: Interesting things happen when meiosis goes “wrong”
    Parthenogenetic reproduction is a fascinating, complex topic.  This article accompanies “Why Meiosis Matters: The case of the fatherless snake.” It summarizes the basic information...

    Keywords: meiosismitosissex determinationAsexual reproductionParthenogenesis

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    Sex-specific differences in Meiosis: Real-world applications
    In traditional classrooms, students are typically presented with facts that they are asked to memorize and recall during an exam.  The rapid explosion of available scientific facts in recent...

    Keywords: meiosisReproductionAneuploidyGameteNon-disjunctionOocyteSpermTrisomy

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    Coevolution or not? Crossbills, squirrels and pinecones
    This case reinforces the concept of coevolution as a reciprocal change in genetic structure between or among two or more populations, by having students analyze and interpret data, build a...

    Keywords: fitnessCoevolutionCo-adaptation

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    Scientist Spotlights and Data Nuggets Workshop Materials (BIOME 2021)
    Materials and resources for the "Scientist Spotlights and Data Nuggets Workshop," presented at the 2021 Biology and Mathematics Educators (BIOME) Institute.

    Keywords: data literacyDiversity in STEM classroomsonline professional development

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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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    Case Study: Pollination of the Early Spider Orchid (Ophrys sphegodes) by the Solitary Bee (Andrena nigroaenea)
    The research uses natural history collection data to explore a potential phenological shift between an orchid that employs sexual deception and a solitary bee.

    Keywords: pollination biologyClimate change and phenologydigitized natural history collectionsPseudocopulation

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    That Vertebrate Ate What Exactly?
    During the course of this lesson, students will analyze CT scan data and observe bycatch (or an unknown discovery) captured during the scanning process of vertebrates.

    Keywords: EvolutionidigbioAP Biologynatural history collections3D modelsanatomy and physiology#NGSSVertebrate MorphologyCT scanoVert

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    Exaggerated Traits and Breeding Success in Widowbirds
    Teaching Notes on the Exaggerated Traits and Breeding Success in Widowbirds

    Keywords: Evolutionexperimental designsexual dimorphismsexual selectionNatural SelectionWidowbirdsbirdintrasexual selectionintersexual selectionhandicap hypothesis

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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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    Cohort Life Tables
    This module introduces cohort life tables in the context of understanding demographic processes and how they affect populations. It is intended for an introductory biology audience.

    Keywords: population dynamicsecologyOpenStaxfuncitonsDemographic processes

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    Exaggerated Traits and Breeding Success in Widowbirds
    National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science- this interrupted case focuses on sexual selection in widowbirds.

    Keywords: Evolutionexperimental designsexual dimorphismsexual selectionNatural SelectionWidowbirdsbirdintrasexual selectionintersexual selectionhandicap hypothesis

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    The Morning After: A Case Study of the Impacts of HIV on Sexual Minority Populations
    Poster on a case study around the experiences of the LGBT community related to HIV presented at the 2018 QUBES/BioQUEST Summer Workshop

    Keywords: case studypublic healthHIVSummer Workshop 2018LGBT community

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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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