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Publication Date: 2006-Oct
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Textbooks: Expectations vs. Reality: The DNA story
Stansfield, William D.
American Biology Teacher, v68 n8 p464-469 Oct 2006
A history of the search for the structure of DNA, as revealed in the evolution of biochemistry and genetics textbooks, reveals that they are unacceptably tardy in presenting the current (or even the recent) state of knowledge. This problem places an extra burden on biology teachers to supplement these texts.
Descriptors: Textbooks, Biochemistry, Biology, Genetics, Science Teachers, Supplementary Reading Materials, Textbook Content, Science Education
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