How to Build a Super Predator: From Genotype to Phenotype

Caryn Babaian; Sudhir Kumar

doi:10.1525/abt.2021.83.3.138

How to Build a Super Predator: From Genotype to Phenotype

Caryn Babaian, Sudhir Kumar

Temple University

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	138-146
Number of pages	9
Journal	American Biology Teacher
Volume	83
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1525/abt.2021.83.3.138
State	Published - Mar 1 2021
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

MEGA
drawing discovery
ecology
genotype
phenotype
phylogeny
plasticity
predators

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