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Haury, David L. – 2001
This digest explains how to inform high school students and their parents about the human genome project (HGP) and how the information from this milestone finding will affect future biological and medical research and challenge science educators. The sections include: (1) "The Emerging Legacy of the HGP"; (2) "Transforming How…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Genetics, High Schools, Science Education
Stronck, David R. – 2002
Many teachers avoid controversial topics because they do not want to upset students or parents, do not know appropriate instructional strategies, and fail to recognize the importance of motivating students through placing science in its relevant context. An example is provided for use in a methods course for helping future high school teachers to…
Descriptors: Biotechnology, Controversial Issues (Course Content), DNA, Genetics
Trotter, Robert J. – Science News, 1973
Presents opposing philosophies relating to the nature of aggression in man. One position advocates that human aggression is the product of evolution and is inherited, while the other proposes a cultural pattern model of aggression and uses two empirical tests in an attempt to disprove the genetic model. (JR)
Descriptors: Aggression, Anthropology, Behavior, Ethnology
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Loesch, Danuta – Journal of Mental Deficiency Research, 1973
Minutiae, ends and junctions of finger tip or palm lines, were analyzed in a sample of 115 normal adult individuals, 40 cases of Down's syndrome, and 130 normal children (aged 6 to 14 years). (DB)
Descriptors: Downs Syndrome, Drafting, Exceptional Child Research, Genetics
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Wilson, Edward O. – BioScience, 1973
Discusses interdemic (interpopulation) selection, the Levins and Boorman-Levitt models, and the significance of group selection for ecology. (JR)
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, College Science, Ecology, Evaluation
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Collins, Edith; Turner, Gillian – Journal of Pediatrics, 1973
Reviewed were clinical and genetic features of 27 cases of the Noonan Syndrome, a condition with characteristics such as webbing of the neck, short stature, frequent congential heart lesions, and chromosomal irregularities. (DB)
Descriptors: Diseases, Exceptional Child Research, Genetics, Medical Case Histories
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Stebbins, G. Ledyard – American Biology Teacher, 1973
Describes the basic logic behind the modern view of evolution theory. Despite gaps in fossil records, evidence is indicative of the origin of life from nonliving molecules and evolution of higher forms of life from simpler forms. (PS)
Descriptors: Biology, Evolution, Genetics, Heredity
Formentin, Patricia; And Others – Australian Journal of Mental Retardation, 1972
Descriptors: Dietetics, Exceptional Child Research, Family Characteristics, Genetics
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Dudley, B. – Journal of Biological Education, 1972
Applies set theory to the mono- and dihybrid Mendelian genetic crosses, multiple allelism, sex linkage, and linkage to show the application of mathematics to biology teaching (and of biology examples to mathematics instruction). (AL)
Descriptors: Biology, Genetics, Mathematics, Probability
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Anastasi, Anne – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1972
Descriptors: Genetics, Intelligence, Learning Disabilities, Mental Retardation
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Hashem, Nemat; And Others – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1970
Descriptors: Diseases, Family Characteristics, Genetics, Research Projects
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Bachman, Ronald; And Others – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1971
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Females, Genetics, Medical Case Histories
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Reitz, Louis P. – Science, 1970
Descriptors: Agricultural Production, Agricultural Trends, Food, Genetics
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Gunning, Gerald E. – BioScience, 1971
Descriptors: Biology, Environmental Influences, Fisheries, Genetics
Shockley, William – Phi Delta Kappan, 1972
An argument for genetic control in America. (RA)
Descriptors: Environment, Ethnic Studies, Genetics, Heredity
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