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Microbiomes, Biofilms And Bacterial Communities Cmb 420x, Michael Cerbo Nov 2018

Microbiomes, Biofilms And Bacterial Communities Cmb 420x, Michael Cerbo

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Communicating Science Through Data Visualization Bio 230g, Michael Cerbo Nov 2018

Communicating Science Through Data Visualization Bio 230g, Michael Cerbo

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Meta-Analysis Challenges A Textbook Example Of Status Signalling And Demonstrates Publication Bias, Alfredo Sánchez-Tójar, Shinichi Nakagawa, Moisès Sánchez-Fortún, Dominic A. Martin, Sukanya Ramani, Antje Girndt, Veronika Bókony, Bart Kempenaers, András Liker, David F. Westneat, Terry Burke, Julia Schroeder Nov 2018

Meta-Analysis Challenges A Textbook Example Of Status Signalling And Demonstrates Publication Bias, Alfredo Sánchez-Tójar, Shinichi Nakagawa, Moisès Sánchez-Fortún, Dominic A. Martin, Sukanya Ramani, Antje Girndt, Veronika Bókony, Bart Kempenaers, András Liker, David F. Westneat, Terry Burke, Julia Schroeder

Biology Faculty Publications

The status signalling hypothesis aims to explain within-species variation in ornamentation by suggesting that some ornaments signal dominance status. Here, we use multilevel meta-analytic models to challenge the textbook example of this hypothesis, the black bib of male house sparrows (Passer domesticus). We conducted a systematic review, and obtained primary data from published and unpublished studies to test whether dominance rank is positively associated with bib size across studies. Contrary to previous studies, the overall effect size (i.e. meta-analytic mean) was small and uncertain. Furthermore, we found several biases in the literature that further question the support available …


Techniques In Medicinal Chemistry And Molecular Biology Bps 451, Joanna Burkhardt Nov 2018

Techniques In Medicinal Chemistry And Molecular Biology Bps 451, Joanna Burkhardt

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Seminar In Biological Sciences Bio 266x, Michael Cerbo Oct 2018

Seminar In Biological Sciences Bio 266x, Michael Cerbo

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Set It And Forget It! A Self-Sustaining Semester-Long Literature Assignment For An Undergraduate Genetics Class. Now With A Bonus Reference Game To Emphasize Boolean Operators!, Brian Odom Sep 2018

Set It And Forget It! A Self-Sustaining Semester-Long Literature Assignment For An Undergraduate Genetics Class. Now With A Bonus Reference Game To Emphasize Boolean Operators!, Brian Odom

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

Biology is the largest undergraduate major at Wingate University and Molecular Genetics is a required course for all biology majors. Some of the goals of this course are to provide technical training in skills required to function in the modern workforce. In addition to the gaining of molecular laboratory techniques, training in the use of library resources is also included in the laboratory curriculum. This training, taught by the course instructor, is a follow-up to an intensive library introduction provided by reference and instruction Librarians as part of the foundational molecular biology course taken during the freshman year.

This additional …


Marine Biodiversity: A Larval Perspective Bio 425g, Michael Cerbo Sep 2018

Marine Biodiversity: A Larval Perspective Bio 425g, Michael Cerbo

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Parisitology Bio 231x, Michael Cerbo Aug 2018

Parisitology Bio 231x, Michael Cerbo

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Information Has Value Webcast - The Utility Of Social Media For Teaching Information Literacy, Nora Belzowski, Kristi Bugajski Aug 2018

Information Has Value Webcast - The Utility Of Social Media For Teaching Information Literacy, Nora Belzowski, Kristi Bugajski

Library Faculty Publications

How to use inquiry-based learning techniques to teach the information literacy threshold concept Information Has Value to students in a science for non-majors biology course. The presenters also discussed the design, implementation, and assessment of a scalable lesson plan that addresses concepts and skills within the Information Has Value frame.


Pesticides And The Environment Ent 411/511, Michael Cerbo Aug 2018

Pesticides And The Environment Ent 411/511, Michael Cerbo

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Book Review - Coyote Settles The South, Cheryl Stiles Jul 2018

Book Review - Coyote Settles The South, Cheryl Stiles

Georgia Library Quarterly

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Graduate Certificate In Aquaculture And Fisheries, Joanna Burkhardt Feb 2018

Graduate Certificate In Aquaculture And Fisheries, Joanna Burkhardt

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