Culturally relevant inquiry-based laboratory module implementations in upper-division genetics and cell biology teaching laboratories

CBE Life Sciences Education

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 287-297

  Siritunga, Dimuth ^a   Montero Rojas, María ^a   Carrero, Katherine ^a   Toro, Gladys ^a   Vélez, Ana ^a   Carrero Martínez, Franklin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; PLANT DNA; STARCH;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CURRICULUM; CYTOLOGY; EDUCATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KNOWLEDGE; LABORATORY; LEARNING; MANIHOT; METABOLISM; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STOMA; PUERTO RICO; STUDENT; TEACHING;

CELL BIOLOGY; CULTURE; CURRICULUM; DNA, PLANT; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETICS; KNOWLEDGE; LABORATORIES; LEARNING; MANIHOT; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT STOMATA; PUERTO RICO; STARCH; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

MANIHOT ESCULENTA;

EID: 80052749852     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19317913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1187/cbe.11-04-0035     Document Type: Article

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