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Applied Evolution: How Will We Get There from Here? Lesson PlanApplied Evolution: How Will We Get There from Here? Lesson Plan
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High schoolers explore the basic process of natural selection and how people can manipulate that process today. The consequences of natural selection on daily life and the implications of evolutionary biology in basic and applied science is examined in this le

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hiv/aids, immunodeficiency diseases, phylogenetic trees, phylogeny, evolution, the theory of evolution, antibiotics, biotechnology, enzymes, epidemiology, mitochondrion, mutation, natural selection, pathogens, vaccinations

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antibiotic, attenuation, biotechnology, drug resistance, enzyme, epidemiology, evolution, hiv, mitochondria, molecular, mutation, natural selection, pathogen, phylogenetic tree, vaccine, science
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9th - 12th
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Science
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