Evolutionary Medicine

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 24.05.03

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction:
  2. Rationale:
  3. Content Objective:
  4. Teaching Strategies:
  5. Activities:
  6. Philosophy:
  7. Appendix of Implementing District Standards:
  8. Annotated Bibliography:
  9. Endnotes:

Evolution

Aaron Cruz

Published September 2024

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Endnotes:

  1. Alberts, Bruce, Alexander Johnson, Julian Lewis, Martin Raff, Keith Roberts, and Peter Walter. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 6th ed. New York: Garland Science, 2015.
  2. Bang, Megan Elisabeth. Understanding Students’ Epistemologies: Examining Practice and Meaning in Community Contexts. PhD diss., Northwestern University, 2009. ProQuest (UMI 3386367).
  3. Bang, Megan. "Culture, Learning, and Development and the Natural World: The Influences of Situative Perspectives." Educational Psychologist 50, no. 3 (2015): 220-233. https://doi.org/10.1080/00461520.2015.1075402.
  4. Flint, S. Jane, L. W. Enquist, V. R. Racaniello, and A. M. Skalka. Principles of Virology. 4th ed. Washington, DC: ASM Press, 2015.
  5. Friedman, Michael C. Notes on Note-Taking: Review of Research and Insights for Students and Instructors. Harvard Initiative for Learning and Teaching, Harvard University, 2014.
  6. Gerrish, Philip J., and Richard E. Lenski. "The Fate of Competing Beneficial Mutations in an Asexual Population." Genetica 102/103 (1998): 127-144. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1017067816551.
  7. Hoffman, D. E. (Correspondent). "Hunting the Nightmare Bacteria." In Frontline. Executive produced by D. Fanning. Public Broadcasting Service, October 22, 2013. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/hunting-the-nightmare-bacteria/.
  8. Johns Hopkins Medicine. "Amputation." Accessed August 16, 2024. https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/treatment-tests-and-therapies/amputation.
  9. Lambrou, Anastasia S., et al. "Genomic Surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 Variants: Predominance of the Delta (B.1.617.2) and Omicron (B.1.1.529) Variants — United States, June 2021–January 2022." MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 71, no. 6 (2022): 206-211. https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/71/wr/mm7106a4.htm.
  10. Matser, Yvette A. H., Matty L. Terpstra, Silvio Nadalin, George D. Nossent, Jan de Boer, Barbara C. van Bemmel, Susanne van Eeden, Klemens Budde, and Susanne Brakemeier. "Transmission of Breast Cancer by a Single Multiorgan Donor to 4 Transplant Recipients." American Journal of Transplantation 18, no. 8 (2018): 1810-1814. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1600613522096290.
  11. National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). "Silent Mutation." Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Biology. Accessed August 16, 2024. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK560519/#:~:text=A%20silent%20mutation%20is%20a,acid%20sequence%20or%20protein%20function.
  12. National Geographic Society. "Genetic Variation." Accessed August 16, 2024. https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/genetic-variation/.
  13. Next Generation Science Standards. "Search Standards." Accessed July 10, 2024. https://www.nextgenscience.org/search-standards?keys=&tid%5B%5D=107&tid_3%5B%5D=96.
  14. PhET Interactive Simulations. "Natural Selection." University of Colorado Boulder. Accessed July 10, 2024. https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/html/natural-selection/latest/natural-selection_en.html.
  15. Poole, Keith. "Stress Responses as Determinants of Antimicrobial Resistance in Gram-Negative Bacteria." Trends in Microbiology 20, no. 5 (2012): 227-234. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tim.2012.02.004.
  16. Turner, Paul E. "Evolutionary Medicine." In Evolution and Modern Society, edited by S.T. Abedon, 735-744. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2016.
  17. Understanding Evolution. "Natural Selection." University of California Museum of Paleontology. Accessed August 16, 2024. https://evolution.berkeley.edu/glossary/natural-selection/.
  18. Van de Vuurst, Paige, and Luis E. Escobar. "Climate Change and Infectious Disease: A Review of Evidence and Research Trends." Infectious Diseases of Poverty 12, no. 51 (2023): 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40249-023-01102-2.
  19. WeAreTeachers. "11 Note-Taking Strategies That Help Students Learn." Accessed August 17, 2024. https://www.weareteachers.com/note-taking-strategies/.

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