The Molecular Evidence for Evolution: Narrowing the Definition of Evolution to Represent a Single Concept | NSTA

The Molecular Evidence for Evolution: Narrowing the Definition of Evolution to Represent a Single Concept

Journal of College Science Teaching—November 1999

The best way for students to discover how DNA sequences confirm descent with modification is to let them analyze data from the public sequence databases themselves. But first they must understand the significance of the sequences, and of variations in the sequences. The author communicates exercises he uses to help students understand the molecular evidence for evolution.

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