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The Cow Diversity Project: introducing undergraduates to molecular population genetics
This is a multi-week laboratory exercise that involves sequencing a pair of mitochondrial genes in cows. Using data from several samples, students calculate diversity (variation within species) and divergence (variation between species). The exercise reinforces principles in molecular genetics (DNA purification, PCR, etc.) and introduces principles in molecular population genetics. We provide...
Publisher: EvoEd Digital Library
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Processes that Regulate Patterns of Species and Genetic Diversity
During a single lab period, students simulate colonization and drift in artificial communities to understand how these processes affect distributions of biodiversity in small versus large communities with varying degrees of isolation. Plastic bins represent islands, and are situated to represent different degrees of isolation. Ziploc bags of candy represent individuals in the communities and...
Publisher: EcoEd Digital Library
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Dendrology Syllabus
This syllabus is used for a 300-level dendrology course.
Publisher: EconBotEd Digital Library
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Tree Tender Supplemental Teaching Bundle
The short film Tree Tender (2016) follows a young woman, Gaia, becoming the newest Tree Tender, learning about the Tree of Life, the connections between all organisms on the Tree, the importance of understanding these connections, and the human-caused mass extinction currently occurring.
Note: Please read 01 Tree Tender Curriculum Bundle.pdf first.
Each of these major concepts are...
Publisher: PlantEd Digital Library
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A visit to the miniature forest Insights into the biology and evolution of Bryophytes in Northeastern Connecticut
The naturalist walking through the forests and wetlands of Northeastern Connecticut searches for the hidden flowers and listens to the songs of the birds. The mosses and liverworts that cover the trail bank, color the tree trunks in shades of green and form soft cushions or carpets on the boulders, typically pass unnoticed. Yet several hundred species of Bryophytes occur in our region, and...
Publisher: PlantEd Digital Library
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