Young people's understanding of the nature of genetic information in the cells of an organism

Journal of Biological Education

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 29-36

  Wood Robinson, Colin ^a,b   Lewis, Jenny ^b   Leach, John ^b  

^a Math Sci and Technol Educ Coll   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cells; Chromosomes; Genetics; Students' understanding

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034369193     PISSN: 00219266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00219266.2000.9655732     Document Type: Article

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