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1. GEA Introductory lesson on BLAST

   25 Jul 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Justin DiAngelo¹, Alexis Nagengast², Wilson Leung³, Douglas L Chalker³

   1. Penn State Berks 2. Widener University 3. Washington University in St. Louis

   The "Introduction to BLAST using Human Leptin" exercise aims to introduce students to the use of the Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST) to identify related sequences and compare similarity...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/1987/?v=1

2. Origin and Diversity of Armor in Girdled Lizards

   15 May 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Jennifer Broo

   Mariemont High School

   The girdled lizards (Cordylidae) are a family of distinctively armored lizards endemic to Sub-Saharan Africa. Students examine lizards in this family to classify the lizards based on morphological...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/1846/?v=1

3. One species, two species, red species, lead species? Phylogenetics and species concepts with Plethodon salamanders

   04 Dec 2017 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By M. Caitlin Fisher-Reid

   Bridgewater State University

   This lab introduces students to species concepts and basic computer-based tree-building methods using published nuclear and mitochondrial sequence data for Plethodon salamanders.

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/189/?v=1