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Garden peas and cabbage plants: A short 'de-simplified genetics' activity
13 Apr 2024 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Pamela Kalas
University of British Columbia
Are plants of genotype T/T tall? Are those of genotype t/t short? Let's find out in this short activity entirely based on a segment of: Smith's (2014) "It’s Not Your Grandmother’s Genetics Anymore!"
https://qubeshub.org/publications/4728/?v=1
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Interactive Video Vignettes (IVVs) to Help Students Learn Genetics Concepts
29 Aug 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Dina L. Newman*1, Jean A. Cardinale2, L. Kate Wright1
1. Rochester Institute of Technology 2. Alfred University
Many video resources exist to teach Mendelian genetics, but most consist of passive delivery of information rather than active construction of knowledge by users. We have created two interactive...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/2683/?v=1
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DNA Detective: Genotype to Phenotype. A Bioinformatics Workshop for Middle School to College.
29 Aug 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Anne L. Sternberger*1, Sarah E. Wyatt1
Ohio University
Advances in high-throughput techniques have resulted in a rising demand for scientists with basic bioinformatics skills as well as workshops and curricula that teach students bioinformatics...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/2652/?v=1
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Building creatures with the central dogma of biology
02 Dec 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Melissa Skyer
National Technical Institute for the Deaf at Rochester Institute of Technology
Activity that demonstrates how nucleotide changes can affect phenotypes
https://qubeshub.org/publications/1445/?v=1
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How Many More Thymes & Herbivore Defense
15 May 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Sheryl Konrad1, Angela Dassow1
Carthage College
Adaptations to the How Many More Thymes? case study featuring terpene-based herbivore defense and pollinator attraction in Nicotiana plants.
https://qubeshub.org/publications/1201/?v=1
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Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium
15 Feb 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Lou Gross1, Monica Beals1, Susan Harrell1
University of Tennessee Knoxville
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.
https://qubeshub.org/publications/1051/?v=1
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Using computational molecular modeling software to demonstrate how DNA mutations cause phenotypes
04 Jan 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Tara Phelps-Durr
Radford University
This lesson is a five-week series of laboratory activities designed to help students transition from applying lower order thinking skills to the central dogma to applying higher-order thinking skills.
https://qubeshub.org/publications/1006/?v=1
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How Many More Thymes? A Case of Phytochemical Defense
12 Nov 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By J. Phil Gibson
University of Oklahoma
National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science- this clicker case addresses several concepts related to the evolutionary ecology of herbivore defenses.
https://qubeshub.org/publications/923/?v=1