Genetics is perhaps the most rapidly growing field of science today. Recent findings such as those of the Human Genome Project have led to new understandings of basic genetic phenomena and even to increased confusion about some basic genetic ideas, such as the nature of the gene. These developments directly influence how we should teach genetics. This article considers eight claims typically made by introductory biology teachers and considers how they differ from current understandings.
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1 April 2014
It's Not Your Grandmother's Genetics Anymore!
Mike U. Smith
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The American Biology Teacher
Vol. 76 • No. 4
April 2014
Vol. 76 • No. 4
April 2014
genetic determinism.
Genetics
multifactorial inheritance
non-Mendelian inheritance
polygenic inheritance