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MORPH education
One of the goals of the MORPH Research Coordination Network is to develop new talent in the field of plant evo-devo. To this end, MORPH promotes educational opportunities at all levels. If you are running a plant science or plant evo-devo class that you would like listed on the MORPH page or if you have on-line educational material for plant science or plant evo-devo and would like us to post a link to your page, please contact the MORPH webmaster.
 

MORPH-sponsored courses:

2007 Minicourse: "Investigating the Evolution of Plant Form: Conceptual Integration from the Molecular to the Ecological"

Future MORPH Minicourses - please check back for more information on the planned 2008 MORPH minicourse

 

Links to external plant evo-devo instructional labs and resources:

Plant Science Primary and Secondary Education:

Planting Science
A web-based organization dedicated to teaming up middle and highschool students with mentors in the plant science field for the purpose of learning about science and conducting hands-on experiments in the classroom.
Plant Evo-Devo Post-Secondary Education:

Reconstructing the Evolution of Cauliflower and Broccoli
Susan Singer, Sarah Deel, and Debby Walser-Kuntz - Carleton College This laboratory exercise allows college level students to make connections between plant morphology and the genetic differences affecting plant development. Students look for gene and protein sequence differences that explain differences in morphology between Brassica oleracea subspecies, using the Student Interface to the Biology Workbench.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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