Relational databases: A transparent framework for encouraging biology students to think informatically

Cell Biology Education

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 241-252

  Rice, Michael ^a   Gladstone, William ^a   Weir, Michael ^a  

^a WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioinformatics; Drosophila splice sites; Information content; Relational database; Undergraduate

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; DATA BASE; GENOMICS; HUMAN; STUDENT;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DATABASES, GENETIC; DROSOPHILA; GENOMICS; INTERNET; LEARNING; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RNA SPLICE SITES; SOFTWARE; STUDENTS; TEACHING; TEACHING MATERIALS;

EID: 15744384428     PISSN: 15367509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1187/cbe.03-09-0012     Document Type: Article

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