Experimenting with spirituality: Analyzing The God Gene in a nonmajors laboratory course

CBE Life Sciences Education

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 132-145

  Silveira, Linda A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REDLANDS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SLC18A2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VESICULAR MONOAMINE TRANSPORTER;

ARTICLE; EDUCATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HUMAN; LEARNING; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PERSONALITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RELIGION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EDUCATION; HUMANS; LEARNING; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PERSONALITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SPIRITUALITY; VESICULAR MONOAMINE TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 41949117480     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19317913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1187/cbe.07-05-0029     Document Type: Article

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