Exercises are listed below with credits to the instructors
and schools
Labs Using Models
Natural Selection / Genetic Drift
Short exercise in which students read short pieces about different
populations of organisms and then run simulations of natural selection
and genetic drift - includes calculator (Rebecca Irwin, University of
Tennessee, Martin).
Genetic Drift with Beans
Short exercise demonstrating principle of genetic drift using an
in-class exercise with bags of beans. (Antonovics & Taylor, University
of Virginia)
Population Genetics
- Human population genetics exercise where students determine
their own simple genetic traits in-class and then compare their suite of
traits with the rest of the class. (Ethelynda Harding, California State
University, Fresno)
