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ERIC Number: EJ1435882
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024-May
Pages: 9
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0002-7685
EISSN: EISSN-1938-4211
Visualizing Genomic Medicine: An Introduction to General Biology
Caryn Babaian; Sudhir Kumar
American Biology Teacher, v86 n5 p265-273 2024
The emerging field of genomic medicine offers an opportunity for biology and anatomy teachers to bring the topics of DNA, genetics, molecular processes, and evolution together into one experience. Through the genomic medicine paradigm, students see the unbroken connection between small biological topics such as mutations and their potential connection to disease phenotypes. In this paper, we present as a main example cystic fibrosis, which is an often-studied genetic disease in general biology class, for examination through the genomic medicine lens. Concepts such as genes, the plasma membrane, variation, mutations, the nucleus, and chromosomes can be used in a narrative and visual approach to genetics through the genomic medicine standpoint to engage and connect students with next-generation genomics and with the fundamental unit of life -- the cell. It is through the genomic medicine lens that the cell's context and relationship to the evolving world takes place.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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