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Overview: This research profile examines how scientist Andy Ellington has co-opted the power of artificial selection to construct new, useful molecules in his lab. The results of his work could help protect us from terrorist attacks and fight HIV and cancer. Author/Source: UC Museum of Paleontology Grade level: 13-16 Time: 30-40 minutes Teaching tips: Use this resource to relate evolutionary concepts to the topic of biotechnology (or get more suggestions for incorporating evolution throughout your biology syllabus). This research profile includes discussion and essay questions that can be assigned to students. Get tips for using research profiles in your classroom. Concepts: Artificial selection provides a model for natural selection. Mutation is a random process. A hallmark of science is exposing ideas to testing. Scientists test their ideas using multiple lines of evidence. Scientists can test ideas about events and processes long past, very distant, and not directly observable. Science is a human endeavor. As with other scientific disciplines, evolutionary biology has applications that factor into everyday life, for example in agriculture, biodiversity and conservation biology, and medicine and health. Scientists use artificial selection as a model to learn about natural selection. Teacher background: Artificial Selection Relevance

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