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    2015-Zhang-EtAl-On the Selection of ODE Models with Application to Predator-Prey Dynamical Models
    We propose a computationally inexpensive approach that employs statistical estimation of the full model, followed by a combination of a least squares approximation (LSA) and the adaptive Lasso.

    Keywords: least-squares approximationSpline modelingMonte Carlo simulationsvariable selectionadaptive LASSO

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    Predator-Prey Interactions: Selective foraging by wolf spiders
    This interactive case study is intended for use in lower-division biology or ecology courses to complement the SimUText (SimBio) chapter entitled Predation, Herbivory and Parasitism.
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    Java Applets for Power and Sample Size
    This is a Java application that allows you to do power and sample-size calculations for a number of standard statistical models.

    Keywords: statisticspowerstatistical powersample sizeeffect sizestatistical tests

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    Choosing healthy data for healthy relationships: how to use 5-point summaries, box and whisker plots, and correlation to understand global health trends.
    This module utilizes a user-friendly database exploring data selection, box-and-whisker plot, and correlation analysis. It also guides students on how to make a poster of their data and conclusions.

    Keywords: Querying databasesgraphingRatiosdata typesstatistical learningcorrelationBox Plotsqbcchealth sciences education researchnutrition & food scienceUnderstanding ratesCreate graphsInterpret graphsinterpret tablesHealth ScienceConcepts in Statisticsexplaining statisticsusing statistics

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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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    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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    Deme 2.0
    This workbook simulates the population genetics of a single gene with two alleles. It can simultaneously model up to three local populations, which may differ in their selection coefficients.

    Keywords: population geneticsGenetic DriftNatural Selection

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    Evolution Through Natural Selection
    This Excel workbook simulates the population genetics of a single gene with two alleles, allowing the user to set the initial allele frequencies and enter parameters for a variety of different...

    Keywords: population geneticsNatural Selection

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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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    Exploring Fitness and Population Change under Selection: Avida-Ed Lab Book Exercise 3
    An introductory activity exploring the process of natural selection in action using the Avida-ED simulation.

    Keywords: population geneticsfitnessavida-edsoftware simulationsSelectionevolutionary fitness

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    Exploring Population Change without Selection: Avida-Ed Lab Book Exercise 4
    An introductory activity exploring how a population changes without natural selection using the Avida-ED simulation.

    Keywords: population geneticsEvolutionavida-edsoftware simulationsSelection

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    Birds and Lice: Reciprocal Natural Selection
    This exercise investigates the form and function of lice and their relationship to their bird host.

    Keywords: BiodiversityparasitesbirdsCoevolutionnatural history collections

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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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    Checking Normality in R with swirl
    How to use the "three-prong" approach to check for normality

    Keywords: biostatisticsR programming languageSwirl

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    Evolutionary Ecophysiology swirl lesson
    Uses swirl to walk students through how to use R and analyze their own data.
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    Exploring Random Mutation and Selection: Avida-Ed Lab Book Exercise 2
    An introductory activity exploring the role of random mutation in natural selection using the Avida-ED simulation.

    Keywords: avida-edmutationsoftware simulationsSelectionvariation

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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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    The Evolution of Human Skin Color
    National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science- while the concept of evolution by natural selection is very simple, it is often misunderstood by students.

    Keywords: EvolutionNatural SelectionSkin pigmentationskin colorvitamin Dvitamin B folateultraviolet lightUV light

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    Mutation and Selection: An Exploration of Antibiotic Resistance in Serratia Marcescens
    This laboratory module gives students hands-on experience with mutation and selection in bacteria.

    Keywords: moduleinquiry labsmutationartificial selectionbacteriain-class activityHandoutlab protocolResources @ QUBES - Teaching & Referenceantibiotic-resistance

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