Teaching Materials (1-5 of 5)

1. Using the Hardy-Weinberg Equations: Quantifying Natural Selection and Allele Frequencies

   11 May 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Gina Wesley¹, Sean McNamara², Kelly Livernoche¹, Kiersten Newtoff¹, William Gretes³, Allison Bell, Jeff Leips⁴

   1. Montgomery College 2. Community College of Baltimore County 3. Howard Community College 4. University of Maryland Baltimore County

   This module contains exercises designed to walk students through a real-world example of the coevolution of fruit color and primate frugivore color vision. Students will apply the Hardy-Weinberg...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/4324/?v=1

2. Evolution of Tusklessness in African Elephants

   17 Aug 2022 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Jennifer Buntz¹, Jessica Ross², Tony Weisstein³, Heather Zimbler-DeLorenzo⁴

   1. Central New Mexico Community College 2. Midwood High School 3. Truman State University 4. Georgia State University Perimeter Colllege

   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...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/3503/?v=1

3. Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium: a swirl resource

   14 Jun 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Abigail E. Cahill

   Albion College

   Students will use swirl to understand Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. The lesson starts with observed numbers of individuals for each genotype, and students will work through a number of steps to...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/1920/?v=1

4. Web Popgen

   23 Oct 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Bob Sheehy

   Radford University

   A Hardy-Weinberg simulation program.

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/842/?v=1

5. ABO Blood Group Frequencies

   11 Sep 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By John R Jungck¹, Jennifer A. Spangenberg²

   1. Interdisciplinary Science Learning Center at the University of Delaware 2. Beloit College

   An Excel workbook in which students can calculate blood type frequencies through different approaches (Hardy-Weinberg, quadratic formula, and the EM algorithm). The workbook shows the formulas used...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/756/?v=1