Biology undergraduates' misconceptions about genetic drift

CBE Life Sciences Education

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 258-259

  Andrews, T M ^a,h   Price, R M ^b   Mead, L S ^c   McElhinny, T L ^c   Thanukos, A ^d   Perez, K E ^e   Herreid, C F ^f   Terry, D R ^g   Lemons, P P ^h  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON BOTHELL   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LA CROSSE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^g ALFRED UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; COMPREHENSION; EDUCATION; EVOLUTION; GENETIC DRIFT; HUMAN; LEARNING; METHODOLOGY; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIOLOGY; COMPREHENSION; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FACULTY; GENETIC DRIFT; HUMANS; LEARNING; MODELS, GENETIC; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84865986682     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19317913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1187/cbe.11-12-0107     Document Type: Article

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