Teaching genetics at secondary school: A strategy for teaching about the location of inheritance information

Science Education

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 313-351

  Banet, Enrique ^a   Ayuso, Enrique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

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EID: 0034342037     PISSN: 00368326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-237X(200005)84:3<313::AID-SCE2>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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