Blue Tigers, Black Tapirs, & the Pied Raven of the Faroe Islands: Teaching Genetic Drift using Real-Life Animal Examples
Genetic drift is a concept of population genetics that is central to understanding evolutionary processes and aspects of conservation biology. It is frequently taught using rather abstract representations. I introduce three real-life zoological examples, based on historical and recent color morphs o...
| Published in: | The American Biology Teacher |
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| Format: | Text |
| Language: | English |
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National Association of Biology Teachers
2015
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1525/abt.2015.77.2.5 |
| Summary: | Genetic drift is a concept of population genetics that is central to understanding evolutionary processes and aspects of conservation biology. It is frequently taught using rather abstract representations. I introduce three real-life zoological examples, based on historical and recent color morphs of tigers, tapirs, and ravens, that can complement classical models. |
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