What's in a cell? - Young people's understanding of the genetic relationship between cells, within an individual

Journal of Biological Education

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 129-132

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b Math Sci Technol Educ Coll   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Genetic information; Somatic cells; Sperm cells; Student's understandings

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034421637     PISSN: 00219266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00219266.2000.9655702     Document Type: Article

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