"Why do we have to learn this stuff?"--a new genetics for 21st century students

PLoS Biol. 2012;10(7):e1001356. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001356. Epub 2012 Jul 3.

Abstract

Our students will go out into an astonishing new world of engineered genes and personal genomics, so why is the standard genetics syllabus stuck in the 1950s?

MeSH terms

  • Alleles
  • Animals
  • Curriculum / standards*
  • Evolution, Molecular
  • Genetic Variation
  • Genetics / education*
  • Genetics / organization & administration
  • Genetics, Population / education*
  • Humans
  • Inheritance Patterns
  • Learning
  • Phenotype
  • Students