Review for:University of California, Berkely

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posted: on June 29, 2007 at 12:34PM

My rating of this resource: ****

My experience using this resource:

genetics

Topic I was teaching:

gene interaction

My learning goal for which this resource was used:

To help students to see that most traits are actually a combination of multiple genes interacting with one another. I wanted them to understanding the principle of epistasis.

Course Level:

Honors or Advanced, Intro or Regular

How I/my students used the resource:

I created worksheet for students to write genotypes of cats and had them bring in cat photos to work with. Using one web photo of a cat, we used the article to determine the genotype of the example cat. Students then were instructed to determine the genotypes of the cat pictures they brought in.

Value Added:

Provides visualization or animation, Increases data collection & analysis skills, Provides practice or tutorial, Provides additional content, Increases student engagement and motivation

Strengths:

The details are well explained but it is a little too wordy. The illustrations of striping and agouti are helpful.

Weaknesses:

This particular article is too long and a bit wordy but I like that it is thorough. There are other sites with the same information but I found this one to have the most information.