Alternation of generations and experimental design: A guided-inquiry lab exploring the nature of the her1 developmental mutant of Ceratopteris richardii (C-Fern)

CBE Life Sciences Education

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 82-88

  Spiro, Mark D ^a   Knisely, Karin I ^a  

^a BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERATOPTERIS RICHARDII; FILICOPHYTA;

VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MUTATION; POLYPODIACEAE; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING;

CURRICULUM; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MUTATION; PLANT PROTEINS; POLYPODIACEAE; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 41949132219     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19317913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1187/cbe.07-82-88     Document Type: Article

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