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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810161103321

Autore

Rice Elizabeth

Titolo

Garden genetics : teaching with edible plants / / Elizabeth Rice, Marianne Krasny, and Margaret Smith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Arlington, Va., : NSTA Press, 2006

ISBN

1-933531-97-5

Edizione

[Teacher ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (364 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

KrasnyMarianne E

SmithMargaret E. <1956->

Disciplina

581.3/5 22

Soggetti

Plant genetics - Study and teaching

Genetics - Study and teaching

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Teacher edition also includes the full student (text) edition.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- It Skips A Generation -- Bitterness and Non-Bitterness -- Survival Strategies -- Domestication -- Risks of Improvement -- Genetic Engineering -- Sweet Genes in Corn -- Centers of Diversity -- Quantitive Traits -- It Skips A Generation -- Bitterness and Non-Bitterness in Cucumbers -- Survival Strategies -- Domestication -- Risks of Improvement -- Genetic Engineering -- Sweet Genes in Corn -- Centers of Diversity -- Quantitative Traits.

Sommario/riassunto

Tired of teaching genetic concepts with the same old pink petunias and Mendel's peas? With Garden Genetics, you can present core content in ways that are fun for students and fresh for you. This two-part set-a teacher edition and companion student edition-uses a series of activities and inquiry-based experiments with familiar foods to teach genetics while helping students make connections to ecology, evolution, plant biology, and even social science.