Genetics Cognitive Tutor:
Opening the Genetics Gateway With Automated Support For Student Thinking

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Units have been developed around these organizing themes:

Mendelian Transmission

  • Mendelian Transmission 1: Forward Modeling
  • Mendelian Transmission 2: Experiment Design and Interpretation
  • Gene Interaction and Epistasis

Pedigree Analysis

  • Basic Pedigree Analysis
  • Basic Pedigree Analysis with Explanations
  • Carrier Probabilities
  • Carrier Probabilities with Explanations

Recombination and Gene Mapping

  • Recombination and Segregation
  • Gene Mapping: Three-Factor Cross
  • Gene Mapping: Tetrad Analysis
  • Gene Mapping: Hfr Time of Entry in E. coli

Gene Regulation

  • Gene Regulation 1: Forward Modeling
  • Gene Regulation 2: Experiment Design and Interpretation

Population Genetics

  • Population Genetics 1: Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium
  • Population Genetics 2: Identifying Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium
  • Population Genetics 3: Departures from Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium

 

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