Babaian C, Kumar S. How to Build a Super Predator: From Genotype to Phenotype.
Am Biol Teach 2021;
83:138-146. [PMID:
34012167 PMCID:
PMC8130183 DOI:
10.1525/abt.2021.83.3.138]
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Abstract
We present a drawing discovery lab that crosscuts multiple disciplines in biology and links concepts in genetics and evolutionary thinking to enhance understanding of the genotype-to-phenotype transformation. These combined concepts are also linked to ecological frameworks in nature through the model of biological plasticity. Students and teachers explore drawing skills to flesh out the future of a predator while engaging with the computational software MEGA, which introduces students and teachers to nucleotide changes, mutations, variation, phylogenetics, and molecular evolution.
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