Are Africans, Europeans, and Asians different "Races"? a guided-inquiry lab for introducing undergraduate students to genetic diversity and preparing them to study natural selection

CBE Life Sciences Education

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 142-151

  Kalinowski, Steven T ^a   Andrews, Tessa M ^a   Leonard, Mary J ^a   Snodgrass, Meagan ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; ASIAN; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CAUCASIAN; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LABORATORY; NEGRO; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; STUDENT;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SELECTION, GENETIC; STUDENTS;

EID: 84861988914     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19317913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1187/cbe.11-09-0087     Document Type: Article

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