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Variety truly is the spice of life. A video explores how plants have both chlorophyll a and b and the benefits of possessing both, how varying molecules allows for winter wheat, how possessing the heterozygous combination of sickle-cell anemia genes helps with malaria, and finally how gene duplication allows for antifreeze genes in a variety of organisms.
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Instructional Ideas
- After the video, allow learners to further explore the examples given in the video or other examples of variation
- Explore further the work of Christina Cheng and gene cloning, referenced in the video
Classroom Considerations
- To watch the video, you need a computer, projection system, and access to the Internet
- Part 12 in a series of 37
Pros
- Video explores two different ways for cells to vary from one another
- Great example of possessing one gene of sickle-cell anemia and how that helps with malaria
- The referenced movie, Multiplicity, engages high school learners
Cons
- None