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Biological Diversity from Organisms to Molecules: Tales from the Cheetah. A Lecture/Lab Module for General Biology by Charlie Hunter, Teresa Randall, Brian Foley. Lesson. Read one selected chapter Build lecture & discussion around the concept in the chapter
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Biological Diversity from Organisms to Molecules: Tales from the Cheetah A Lecture/Lab Module for General Biology by Charlie Hunter, Teresa Randall, Brian Foley
Lesson • Read one selected chapter • Build lecture & discussion around the concept in the chapter • Diversity within the Felidae • Bottleneck effect what is a bottleneck? what causes a bottleneck? which species have gone through a bottleneck? • Explore molecular aspects of the species covered in the text
Possible feline species • Florida panther (Puma concolor coryi) –4 seqs • Rocky Mountain & other cougars (Puma concolor)—20 seqs • Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus )—20 seqs • Lion (Panthera leo)--40 seqs • Bobcat (Felis rufus)—5 seqs