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Teaching Resources from the Department of Genetics - Rutgers University |
| Problem | Added | Description |
| Pleiotropy Problem | (added Feb. 2007) | A mutant with orange eyes spontaneously appeared in a normally red-eye strain of blow fly Phormia regina. Data from F1 and F2 crosses are presented. Students need to use this data to figure out the inheritance of orange eye including its pleiotropic effects. Resource is presented at two pdf files - a problem sheet for students and a teaching guide/answer key for teachers. |
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Constructing a Pure-Breeding Homozygous Line for Three traits. (a.k.a. Dustbear problem) |
(added June2008) | Students are given a wild type strain and four other strains homozygous for a single autosomal recessive mutation of the mythical creature, the dustbear. Students must design a series of crosses to produce one of four different lines homozygous for three of those four recessive traits. Resources are presented as problem sheets for students (pdf files and Word files), two teaching guides/answer keys for teachers (pdf and htm files) and a supporting instructional website. |
| Annotation of a Scientific Paper | Added June 2008) | In many of my classes I require student to read and discuss original scientific papers. I introduce this topic by having my students read one of my own papers - McMillan and McGuire (1992) - along with an annotation for each section. The annotation is written in the first person. A copy of the original paper is included |
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Background picture was taken by Ms. Sorrin Kim under the direction of Dr. Lourdes Serrano. Dept. of Genetics. Rutgers University |