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Direct linkFisher, Matthew R. – American Biology Teacher, 2022
Storytelling can stimulate learning by delivering scientific content within a narrative that increases comprehension and engagement. In this article I describe the coevolutionary arms race between toxic newts and predatory garter snakes. This engaging story centers on the use of a deadly neurotoxin called tetrodotoxin (TTX) as an antipredator…
Descriptors: Animals, Animal Behavior, Genetics, Evolution
Fry, Benjamin R.; Pence, Nathan T.; McLocklin, Andrew; Johnson, Alexander W. – Learning & Memory, 2021
The dopamine system has been implicated in decision-making particularly when associated with effortful behavior. We examined acute optogenetic stimulation of dopamine cells in the ventral tegmental area (VTA) as mice engaged in an effort-based decision-making task. Tyrosine hydroxylase-Cre mice were injected with Cre-dependent ChR2 or eYFP control…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Brain, Cognitive Processes, Stimulation
Martin, Kiley; Musaus, Madeline; Navabpour, Shaghayegh; Gustin, Aspen; Ray, W. Keith; Helm, Richard F.; Jarome, Timothy J. – Learning & Memory, 2021
Strong evidence supports a role for protein degradation in fear memory formation. However, these data have been largely done in only male animals. Here, we found that following contextual fear conditioning, females, but not males, had increased levels of proteasome activity and K48 polyubiquitin protein targeting in the dorsal hippocampus, the…
Descriptors: Fear, Memory, Gender Differences, Animals
Haenel, Gregory – American Biology Teacher, 2023
Case studies are valuable tools for instruction but are often limited to a single topic and a single class period. Courses such as evolution that synthesize multiple concepts around a common theme, however, can use a single case study type project that extends over the entire semester to develop and link core concepts. A central theme in…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Evolution, Biology, Genetics
San Antonio, Christine Marie – ProQuest LLC, 2021
American lobster, "Homarus americanus," H Milne Edwards 1837, are an ecologically, economically, and culturally valuable marine resource for the coastal communities in the Gulf of Maine (GoM). The American lobster fishery is the most valuable commercial fishery in the United States, supporting thousands of jobs and generating hundreds of…
Descriptors: Climate, Mineralogy, Genetics, Animals
Sathiyakumar, Sankirthana; Carrasco, Sofia Skromne; Saad, Lydia; Richards, Blake A. – Learning & Memory, 2020
Behavioral flexibility is important in a changing environment. Previous research suggests that systems consolidation, a long-term poststorage process that alters memory traces, may reduce behavioral flexibility. However, exactly how systems consolidation affects flexibility is unknown. Here, we tested how systems consolidation affects: (1)…
Descriptors: Memory, Animals, Rewards, Food
Katie Gormley; Sally Birdsall; Bev France – Journal of Biological Education, 2024
The importance of genetic diversity, especially within small populations of endangered species, is becoming increasingly apparent. Genetic engineering techniques that could potentially enhance diversity are now being developed. However, the use of such techniques would require social licence and yet within the general population there is limited…
Descriptors: Science Education, Biology, Genetics, Animals
Baggett, Vincent; Mishra, Aditi; Kehrer, Abigail L.; Robinson, Abbey O.; Shaw, Paul; Zars, Troy – Learning & Memory, 2018
Animals in a natural environment confront many sensory cues. Some of these cues bias behavioral decisions independent of experience, and action selection can reveal a stimulus-response (S-R) connection. However, in a changing environment it would be a benefit for an animal to update behavioral action selection based on experience, and learning…
Descriptors: Cues, Stimuli, Animal Behavior, Entomology
Linpeng Li; Chao Song; Yi Ma; Yi Zou – Journal of Biological Education, 2023
Animal models are widely used in laboratory practicals in biomedical disciplines. However, experiments involving animal work are usually time-and-labor consuming. It is also costly to run an animal lab and the animal caring/holding request special training. Here we present a laboratory course design that provides students with wet lab experience…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Animals, Models, Science Laboratories
Vousden, George H.; Paulcan, Sloane; Robbins, Trevor W.; Eagle, Dawn M.; Milton, Amy L. – Learning & Memory, 2020
In obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), functional behaviors such as checking that a door is locked become dysfunctional, maladaptive, and debilitating. However, it is currently unknown how aversive and appetitive motivations interact to produce functional and dysfunctional behavior in OCD. Here we show a double dissociation in the effects of…
Descriptors: Animal Behavior, Cues, Task Analysis, Punishment
Nartey, Michaelina N.; Peña-Castillo, Lourdes; LeGrow, Megan; Doré, Jules; Bhattacharya, Sriya; Darby-King, Andrea; Carew, Samantha J.; Yuan, Qi; Harley, Carolyn W.; McLean, John H. – Learning & Memory, 2020
In the olfactory bulb, a cAMP/PKA/CREB-dependent form of learning occurs in the first week of life that provides a unique mammalian model for defining the epigenetic role of this evolutionarily ancient plasticity cascade. Odor preference learning in the week-old rat pup is rapidly induced by a 10-min pairing of odor and stroking. Memory is…
Descriptors: Animals, Genetics, Learning, Olfactory Perception
Jinhyeon Choi; Sang-Hak Jeon; Hyeon-Pyo Shim – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2024
The aim of this study was to develop molecular genetics inquiry programs using the "eyes absent" gene of "Drosophila melanogaster." The program was composed of various molecular genetics experiments, including mutation observation, cross-breeding, searching for genetic information in web databases, gDNA extraction, and PCR.…
Descriptors: Genetics, Molecular Structure, Animals, Genetic Disorders
Robinson, Holly; Pozzo-Miller, Lucas – Learning & Memory, 2019
Gene transcription is a crucial step in the sequence of molecular, synaptic, cellular, and systems mechanisms underlying learning and memory. Here, we review the experimental evidence demonstrating that alterations in the levels and functionality of the methylated DNA-binding transcriptional regulator MeCP2 are implicated in the learning and…
Descriptors: Genetics, Learning, Memory, Animals
Brownlee, Kristi; Parsley, Kathryn M.; Sabel, Jaime L. – Journal of Biological Education, 2023
Plant awareness disparity (PAD, formerly plant blindness) is the tendency not to notice plants in one's environment, which leads to the perspective that plants are unimportant. In this paper, we explore how plants and animals are represented in introductory biology textbooks to determine if these texts are contributing to PAD in undergraduate…
Descriptors: Plants (Botany), Biology, Science Instruction, Textbook Content
Download full textJulie A. Merkle; Olivier Devergne; Seth M. Kelly; Paula A. Croonquist; Cory J. Evans; Melanie A. Hwalek; Victoria L. Straub; Danielle R. Hamill; Alexandra Peister; David P. Puthoff; Ken J. Saville; Jamie L. Siders; Zully J. Villanueva Gonzalez; Jacqueline K. Wittke-Thompson; Kayla L. Bieser; Joyce Stamm; Alysia D. Vrailas-Mortimer; Jacob D. Kagey – Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education, 2023
The Fly-CURE is a genetics-focused multi-institutional Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE) that provides undergraduate students with hands-on research experiences within a course. Through the Fly-CURE, undergraduate students at diverse types of higher education institutions across the United States map and characterize novel…
Descriptors: Student Research, Undergraduate Students, Hands on Science, Genetics
