Metagenomics: A call for bringing a new science into the classroom (while it's still new)

CBE Life Sciences Education

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 260-265

  Jurkowski, Anne ^a   Reid, Ann H ^a   Labov, Jay B ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGY; CLASSIFICATION; CURRICULUM; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; EDUCATION; GENETICS; GENOMICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; VIRUS;

BACTERIA; BIOLOGY; CURRICULUM; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GENOMICS; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MICROBIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRUSES;

EID: 38349060883     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19317913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1187/cbe.07-09-0075     Document Type: Review

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