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Fishing Out Microsatellites
Rosemary Melinek, Phil Moore, Eric Kessler, Margery Barkman, Sr. Teresita Alicea, Iris Gonzales, Kira Taylor, Donna Drontle, Dave Hinden, Katia Kingston, and Billie Thorson


 

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Abstract:  We used microsatellite loci to study variation among five populations of fish found in five rivers in Brazil.  We also created classroom activities relating to microsatellites and have proposed a classroom project using microsatellite DNA to study the ecology of ants.
What Are Microsatellites?

What Do Microsatellites Do?

Evolution and Microsatellites

Microsatellites and Disease

Our Project
Student Activity Do the PCR Time Warp!

Hands On Activity:  Microsatellites and Disease

Human Evolution

I Was a Teenage Microsatellite: Teacher Notes | Student Worksheet

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