Evolutionary Trees from the Tabloids and Beyond

Autor: Anastasia Thanukos

Publikováno v: Thanukos, Anastasia. (2010). Evolutionary Trees from the Tabloids and Beyond. Evolution: Education and Outreach, 3(4), pp 563-572. doi: 10.1007/s12052-010-0290-5. Retrieved from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/3rs2s4dk
Evolution

In this special issue of Evolution: Education and Outreach, many authors (notably Brooks 2010) argue for the importance of helping students understand phylogenetics and outline innovative ways of introducing key concepts regarding tree reading (Mclen

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How the Adaptation Got its Start

Autor: Anastasia Thanukos

Publikováno v: Thanukos, Anastasia. (2009). How the Adaptation Got its Start. Evolution: Education and Outreach, 2(4), pp 612-616. doi: 10.1007/s12052-009-0170-z. Retrieved from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/33b4j3h1

Most of us are understandably amazed by the marvelous adaptations of plants, animals, and even fungi and microbes: acacias that dutifully supply nectar and grow thorny homes for the ants that protect them from herbivores (Janzen 1966), anglerfish tha

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Views from Understanding Evolution: Parasites and Pathogens Take the Leap

Autor: Anastasia Thanukos

Publikováno v: Evolution

Even if you barely glance at the newspaper, it is hard not to feel that we have suddenly come under attack from a legion of pathogens. SARS, HIV, Ebola, West Nile Virus, and avian flu seem to have been quietly biding their time in other organisms bef

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Improving the public understanding of science: New initiatives

Autor: Anastasia Thanukos, Judy Scotchmoor, Sheri Potter

Publikováno v: American journal of botany. 96(10)

The United States may be on the brink of losing its global edge in science. Many American students are underprepared for and uninterested in the scientifi c and technical careers they may be asked to take on. Furthermore, these students, their teache

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From Newsroom to Classroom

Autor: Anastasia Thanukos

Publikováno v: Thanukos, Anastasia. (2009). From Newsroom to Classroom. Evolution: Education and Outreach, 2(3), pp 533-537. doi: 10.1007/s12052-009-0144-1. Retrieved from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/4q62g2gj
Evolution

Want a great example of evolution for your classroom? If we are guided by our textbooks, we should look to the radiation of Darwin’s finches (Grant and Grant 2008), the return of whales to the water (Thewissen 1998), the evolution of modern horses

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