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Peer reviewedMertens, Thomas R. – American Biology Teacher, 1983
Background information, laboratory procedures (including matings performed), and results are presented for an open-ended investigation using the fruitfly Drosophila melanogaster. Once data are collected, students develop hypotheses to explain results as well as devise additional experiments to test their hypotheses. Calculation of chi-square for…
Descriptors: Biology, Entomology, Genetics, High Schools
