Corn Snake Genetics: Students learn about the fundamentals of Mendelism by studying corn snakes

by: Kristin King

On a visit to a local pet store, one teacher learned that corn snakes can be interesting models for Mendelian genetics. Corn snakes became the focus of a genetics unit that included making observations of classroom corn snakes with different phenotypes.

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Type Journal ArticlePub Date 1/1/2004Stock # tst04_071_01_50Volume 071Issue 01

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Ruth Hutson (Westmoreland, KS)
Ruth Hutson (Westmoreland, KS)

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