ABLE Proceedings – Volume 32

The Use of Corn and Sugarcane to Produce Ethanol Biofuel
Valerie S. Banschbach & Robert Letovsky
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Community Assembly in a Leaf-Litter Invertebrate Community
Christopher W. Beck
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Substrate Size Selection by Bean Beetles
Christopher W. Beck, Saphida Migabo, & Lawrence S. Blumer
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Eggheads: An Alternative Mendelian Genetics Model Organism
Janice Bonner
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Does Race Exist? Alu Transposable Elements and Ancestry DNA
Peggy Brickman & Jim Burnette
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Phagehunting with Introductory Biology Studies
Pamela L. Connerly & Deborah Jacobs-Sera
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The Role of Feeding Adaptations in Resource Competition between Invasive and Native Clams
Douglas S. Graber Neufeld & James M. Yoder
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Origin of Species: Starting the Story with DNA
Robert B. Ketcham
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Investigation of E. coli in Freshwater Sources Using Membrane Filtration and Rep-PCR DNA Fingerprinting
Joanna R. Klein
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Understanding Solution Chemistry the “Southern Way” with Sweet Tea
Robyn Puffenbarger
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Forest Ecology: Point Pleasant Park Field Project
Allison Schmidt & Christine Beauchamp
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Osmolarity and Tonicity: An Inquiry Laboratory Using Plant Material
Dee U. Silverthorn
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Linking Genotype to Phenotype in Drosophila melanogaster: PCR Genotyping the White-one Eye Mutation
Oney P. Smith & Kathy F. Falkenstein
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Owl Web: Using Owl Pellet Dissection as a Hands-On Introduction to Nutrient and Energy Webs
Katherine K. Thorington & Meghna B. Ostasiewski
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Conversion Immersion: Converting Old and Writing New Clicker Questions for Your Biology Courses
Mark E. Walvoord & Mariëlle H. Hoefnagels
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Evaluating the Effects of Natural Selection and Genetic Drift in Drosophila melanogaster
Elizabeth Welsh
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Exploring Animal Photoreceptors and Eyes
Kathy Winnett-Murray & Lori Hertel
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Genotyping SNPs Associated with Dyslexia
Ann Yezerski
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Teaching with Chlamydomonas
Mike Adams
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Fundulus Melanophores: from Physiology to Cell Biology
Seung M. Hong & Gary Laverty
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Competition – Why Are “Weeds” So Successful?
Debby Luquette
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Systematics Lab
Sarah E. Jardeleza
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Using Foraging Behavior of Fruit Flies to Introduce Undergraduates to Research
Jimena Aracena
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From Goat’s Milk to Protein Structure: An Inquiry – based Case Study on Antithrombin III
Isabelle Barrette-Ng
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Floral Attraction: A Model for Combining Teaching and Research
Amy E. Boyd
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Human Microsatellite DNA: Population Genetics and Forensic Application
Kuei-Chiu Chen
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A Truly Inquiry-Based Informatics Exercise Incorporated Into a Newly Developed Molecular Biology Laboratory Course
Liane Chen & Kathryn G. Zeiler
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Using 3D Water Models to Investigate the Fundamental and Powerful Concepts in the Biological Sciences
Nora Egan Demers & Joanna Salapska-Gelleri
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DinoEye, Simple Image Analysis & Networking
Hélène d’Entremont
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Biology Without Borders: An Integrative Strategy for Increasing Conceptual Resonance Among Biology Majors
Bryan M. Dewsbury, Marcy K. Lowenstein, & Adam Rosenblatt
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Plants– Don’t Just Sit There Do Something!!!
Marsha E. Fanning & Karen McDougal
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Extending the Traditional Laboratory in Polygenic Analysis (Total Ridge Finger Count) to Teach Data Presentation and Statistical Analyses Using Three Sizes of Data Sets
Rosemary Ford
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High- and Low- Tech Approaches to Teaching Statistical Skills in Introductory Biology
Gillian Gass
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Using Mammal Skins to Investigate the Relationship between Surface-Area-to-Volume Ratio and Mass of Two Size Classes of Mammals
William V. Glider
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Once a Loser Always a Loser? Using Crayfish to Teach Behavioral Endocrinology
Anna Goldina, Tanya M. Simms, & Thomas Pitzer
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Using Classical Genetics Simulator (CGS) to Teach Students the Basics of Genetic Research
Jean Heitz & Ben Adamczyk
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Teaching and Technology: Web Meetings for Laboratory Education
Robert C. Hodson & Todd C. Nickle
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Accommodation Solutions Online: Resources for Teaching Students with Disabilities in Lecture and Lab
Christy Horn, William Glider, Nate Cogswell, & Amin Makkawy
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Bioethics Debate and Case Studies in the Teaching Laboratory
Susan J. Karcher
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Thinking in Three Dimensions: An Exploration of Analytical Methods for Optical Sections from Confocal Microscopy Using ImageJ
Michael J. Keller
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Teaching Buffering by Showing Its Effects
Robert J. Kosinski & C. Kaighn Morlok
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Simple Mold Making Techniques for the Creation of Teaching Specimens
Hans Lemke
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Multiweek Projects for the Biology Lab
Joy B. Perry
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There’s an App for That: Utilizing iPod Touch Applications for College Level Biology Instruction
Marilee Ramesh, Rachel Collins, Christopher Lassiter, Dorothy Belle Poli, & Mark Poore
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‘Should Jack and Jill Go Off the Pill?’ – Application of an Interrupted Case Study to Facilitate Student Learning
Lori Ann Rose & Kathy Zoghby
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Throwing the Dice: Teaching the Hemocytometer
Sarah Salm & Jessica Goldstein
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Testing Hypothesis in the Winter World: A Semester-Long Temperature Monitoring Study For a Non-Majors Ecology Course
Scott R. Smedley
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Curriculum Development as Professional Development: A Model for Adjunct and Graduate Student Instructors Teaching Multi-Section Lab Courses
Janet Vigna, Jen Cymbola, & Jodi De Nuyl
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Behind the Numbers: An Exploration of Human Population Demographic Data
Teresa C. Weglarz
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All Chlamy, All the Time
Mike Adams
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Information Literacy in Introductory Biology
Ruth E. Beattie
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Physiological Costs of Reproduction in the Bean Beetle
Emily Boone
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Paper-based Genetics Laboratory Exercise Using Drosophila melanogaster
Frances E. Bosch
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Crime Investigation Laboratory Captivates Interest of Non-major Students
Allison D’Costa, Andrew Benson, & Diane Dorsett
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Increased Comprehension of the Scientific Method Using Inquiry-Based Labs
Allison D’Costa & Mark Schlueter
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Calculating Gene Frequencies in a Population of Domestic Cats
Linda K. Ellis
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Relating Biochemistry to Morphology Using Inquiry-Based Collaborative Student Research in Developmental Biology, Part 2: Implementation of the Plan
Carl S. Hoegler & Charlene Blando-Hoegler
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Chicks and their Genes: A Collaborative Method for Teaching Upper-Division Laboratory Courses at a Small Women’s College
K. Joy Karnas & Audrey Ettinger
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The Efficacy of Animations in Promoting Student Knowledge of Muscle/Neurophysiology
Kerbert T. Kebede & Tony Scinta
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A Rapid Immunoblot Technique for Anti-Salmonella IgY Antibodies in Chicken Eggs
Gerald L. Kreider
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Diversity in Microcosms for Introductory Biology
Mary Ann McLean
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Edison’s Ear
Dani Meyers
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Integrity of Eggs from Aquatic Organisms
Shagun Mohan, Amulya Mohan. Jessica Rios, Noemi Rivera, Jonathan Rothstein, Ekaterina Selivanovitch, Charles Barrios, Salvador Torres, Leah Kovenat, Lynda Valanzano, Allen Burdowski, Kathleen Nolan & Neeti Bathala
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How People Learn Meets Bioinformatics
Amy Mulnix
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Inquiry Based Computer Exercises for Chromatography
Kenneth Ng
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The University of Houston’s Campus Garden: A Collaborative Informal Science Education Initiative
Donna L. Pattison
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Edible Enzyme Essentials: Learning the Properties of Enzyme Function Through Cheese Making (and Eating)
Aimee Phillippi
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A Comparison of the Sensitivities of Serratia marcescens and Deinococcus radiodurans to Ultraviolet Irradiation
Lawrence Porter
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Using Field Notebooks in a Freshmen Biology Laboratory Course
Rachel Ratcliff
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Popular Press Biology Readings: Assignments beyond the Summary
Alysa Remsburg
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Using the Experimental Design Ability Test (EDAT) to Measure Gains in Scientific Thinking
Karen Sirum
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Introductory Biology Project: A Research Coordination Network
Gordon Uno, Todd Carter, Charlene D’Avanzo, Mark Walvoord, Susan Musante, & Sheri Potter
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Flatheads Pursue Diversity: Beyond the Phases of Meiosis
Janet Vigna
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