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Pandemic Broadens Horizon for Tarleton Genetics Class The Genetic Techniques course at Tarleton State University is a project-based class involving the theory and practice of molecularbased DNA sequencing. It’s very hands-on. How do you teach it when a raging global virus locks students out of the lab?
With an open mind to fresh methods, and with help from a computer cluster several states away, Dr. Russell Pfau found a unique way to engage his students. Traditionally, students in a genetics laboratory bred fruit flies and conducted crosses to reveal underlying inheritance patterns. Now most genetic techniques involve manipulating DNA.
Pfau Shady Kuster, a former student in genetic techniques at Tarleton, assisted Dr. Russell Pfau with development of activities and learning resources. Shady is now a PhD student at Colorado State University.
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