Guidelines and Rubrics
- Genetics Lab Report Rubric, revised
- Genetics Lab Report RUBRIC (older)
- Genetics Lab Report Guidelines (without rubric)
- Format your references in the Literature Cited section using this link.
- Genetics Lab Notebook Guidelines
- Grant Proposal Guidelines and Rubric
- Genetics Citation Format
Protocols
- Agarose Gel Electrophoresis
- Lab Safety Agreement
- Thermo-Fisher Scientific’s explanation of one-step versus two-step RT-PCR
- Bitesize Bio’s Blog on optimizing RT PCR
Readings
- BeeBasicsBook
- Youngsteadt E, Appler RH, López-Uribe MM, Tarpy DR, Frank SD (2015) Urbanization Increases Pathogen Pressure on Feral and Managed Honey Bees. PLoS ONE 10(11): e0142031. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0142031
Urban-Rural Articles and Citations
- McIntyre NE, Knowles-Yánez K, Hope D. 2008. Urban Ecology as an Interdisciplinary Field: Differences in the use of “Urban” Between the Social and Natural Sciences. Pages 49-65 in Marzluff JM, Shulenberger E, Endlicher W, Alberti M, Bradley G, Ryan C, Simon U, ZumBrunnen C, eds. Urban Ecology: An International Perspective on the Interaction Between Humans and Nature. Boston, MA: Springer US.
- Medley, K. E., McDonnell, M. J. and Pickett, S. T. A. (1995), Forest-Landscape Structure along an Urban-To-Rural Gradient*. The Professional Geographer, 47: 159–168. doi:10.1111/j.0033-0124.1995.00159. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.0033-0124.1995.00159.x/abstract
- Hall, S. A., J. S. Kaufman, and T. C. Ricketts. 2006. Defining Urban and Rural Areas in U.S. Epidemiologic Studies. Journal of Urban Health 83:162-175.
- Branch, G. P. (2015, July 27). Urban and Rural Classification. Retrieved September 14, 2016, from https://www.census.gov/geo/reference/urban-rural.html
- “2010 CENSUS – URBANIZED AREA REFERENCE MAP: Atlanta, GA 34.590397N.” ICPSR Data Holdings (2010): n. pag. United States Census Bureau. US Department of Commerce, 22 May 2012. Web. 12 Sept. 2016.
- Shugarman LRP, Sorbero MESP, Tian HP, Jain AKMS, Ashwood JSMA. 2008. An Exploration of Urban and Rural Differences in Lung Cancer Survival Among Medicare Beneficiaries. American Journal of Public Health 98:1280-1287.
- Bates, A. J., Sadler, J. P., Fairbrass, A. J., Falk, S. J., Hale, J. D., & Matthews, T. J. (2011). Changing Bee and Hoverfly Pollinator Assemblages along an Urban-Rural Gradient. PLoS ONE, 6(8). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0023459
- Branch, Geographic Products. “2010 Census Urban Area Reference Maps.” US Census Bureau Geography. U.S. Department of Commerce, n.d. Web. 15 Sept. 2016.
- McDonnell, Mark J. “Ecosystem Processes along an Urban-to-rural Gradient.” Urban Ecosystems (1997): 21-36.
Background Articles
- Baker and Schroeder 2008
- Benjeddou et al 2001 RT PCR
- Boncristiani et al 2009
- Chevin et al 2015 CBPV mass spec tech
- Evans et al 2013 Standard methods for molecular research in Apis mellifera
- Galbraith et al 2015 epigenomic and transcriptomic responses
- Sguazza et al 2013 simultaneous detection of bee viruses by multiplex pcr
- Kukeilka et al RT PCR one-step
- Strauss et al 2013 Seasonal Prevalence of Pathogens and Parasites in the Savannah Honeybee
- Tentcheva et al 2004 Ueira-Viera et al 2015