Curated OER
Assisted Reproduction
Young scholars are actively involved in presenting some of the issues in implanting previously frozen embryos through a cooperative learning lesson plan. This lesson plan helps students to develop decision-making skills through...
Curated OER
Maintaining Plant Genebanks
Students examine the use, costs, and the need for plant gene banks. The rationale for gaining ownership over scientific information and the implications of the developing nations' reliance on biotechnology is explored in this...
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Cryopreservation: Freezing Plant Tissues
Cryopreservation-storing seeds in ultra-cold liquid nitrogen-is one method for maintaining plant genetic stocks in seed banks. The purpose of this project is to observe the characteristics and outcomes of cryogenically frozen seedlings...
American Institute of Biological Sciences
Action Bioscience: Plant Genebanks: Food Security
Over time everything changes a little bit, just take a look at the theory of evolution. With the descent of biodiversity agriculturalists have developed a system using genebanks to maintain the crops that sustain the majority of the...