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1. Epigenetic Effects of Diet on Fruit Fly Lifespan: An Investigation to Teach Epigenetics to Biology Students

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James Billingsley and Kimberly A. Carlson

Subjects
Science instruction, biology, business.industry, media_common.quotation_subject, Longevity, biology.organism_classification, Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous), Education, Biotechnology, Developmental psychology, Epigenetics, Drosophila melanogaster, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, business, Drosophila, media_common
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Do our genes exclusively control us, or are other factors at play? Epigenetics can provide a means for students to use inquiry-based methods to understand a complex biological concept. Students research and design an experiment testing whether dietary supplements affect the lifespan of Drosophila melanogaster over multiple generations.

Published
2010
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