Transposing from the laboratory to the classroom to generate authentic research experiences for undergraduates

Genetics

Volumn 193, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 367-375

  Burnette, James M ^a   Wessler, Susan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EXPERIENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LABORATORY; MAIZE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICE; SKILL; TEACHING; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TRANSPOSON; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT;

EID: 84876388488     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 19432631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.112.147355     Document Type: Article

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