This project was prepared as part of a BioQUEST faculty development workshop entitled Evolutionary Bioinformatics Education: A BioQUEST Curriculum Consortium Approach at Indiana State University in March 2004. The BioQUEST Curriculum Consortium is committed to the reform of undergraduate biology instruction through an emphasis on engaging students in realistic scientific practices. This approach is sometimes characterized as an inquiry driven approach and is captured in BioQUEST's three P's (problem-posing, problem-solving, and peer-persuasion). As part of this workshop groups of faculty were encouraged to initiate innovative curricular projects. We are sharing these works in progress in the hope that they will stimulate further exploration, collaboration and development. Please see the following links for additional information:
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Timothy Comar |
undergraduates taking courses in biology and/or environmental science
Analysis of mitochondrial data showed four genetically distinct groups of chimpanzees in the Lake Tanganyika region of Tanzania: Gambe (2 populations), Mahale, and Tongwe. We have developed hypotheses about the possible reasons for the existence of these different populations based on environmental, social, biological, and economic data.
Sequence data from Bedrock Chimpanzee Data Set Biology Workbench GIS satellite data web resources on Jane Goodall studies and Tanzania history and environment
http://www.imagingnotes.com/winter03/pintea.htm
http://weber.ucsd.edu/~jmoore/apesites/Gombe/Gombe.html
Morin et al, "Kin Selection...", Science, 265, p. 1193 (1994)
more sequence data is needed dating back to 1970 as well as information on chimpanzee mitochondrial DNA mutation rate
