ABLE Proceedings – Volume 15

Human DNA Fingerprinting by Polymerase Chain Reaction
Mark Bloom
[Abstract][Article]

Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis (PAGE) of Blood Proteins
John C. Mordacq and Roberta W. Ellington
[Abstract][Article]

Transposon Mutagenesis of Rhodobacter sphaeroides
Timothy Paustian and Robin Kurtz
[Abstract][Article]

Isolating Multiple Strains of Escherichia coli for Coliphage Isolation, Phage-typing, and Mutant Recovery
Richard Levin
[Abstract][Article]

Building Molecular Models of DNA, Protein, and Lipids
Anne L. Cordon and Neil A. Straus
[Abstract][Article]

Invertase Activity in Root Growth
Chris J. Perumalla, Johan A. Hellebust, and Corey A. Goldman
[Abstract][Article]

The Hill Reaction: In Vitro and In Vivo Studies
Edward A. Funkhouser and D. E. Balint
[Abstract][Article]

Determining Hemolymph Volume of the Cockroach
J. J. B. Smith
[Abstract][Article]

The Immune System: Red Cell Agglutination in Non-Humans
Fred W. Quimby and Nancy V. Ridenour
[Abstract][Article]

An Analysis of Bone/Muscle Movement
Alice Jacklet
[Abstract][Article]

Were Dinosaurs Cold- or Warm-Blooded?: An Exercise in Scientific Inference
Grant Hurlburt
[Abstract][Article]

Inbreeding Depression and the Evolutionary Advantage of Outbreeding
Christopher G. Eckert
[Abstract][Article]

Phylogenetic Systematics: Developing an Hypothesis of Amniote Relationships
Daniel R. Brooks, Deborah A. McLennan, Joseph P. Carney, Michael D. Dennison, and Corey A. Goldman
[Abstract][Article]

Light-Induced Phenotypic Plasticity in Plants
Douglas E. Ryerson and Nancy G. Dengler
[Abstract][Article]

When Do Adaptive Mutants Arise in Yeast?
Michael D. Dennison and Corey A. Goldman
[Abstract][Article]

Predator-Prey Coevolution
Linda Van Thiel
[Abstract][Article]

The Evolution of Cooperative Behavior
Alejandro Lynch
[Abstract][Article]

An Investigation of the Behavior of the Pea Aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum
Joan C. Sharp and Maydianne Andrade
[Abstract][Article]

Identification of an Unknown Plasmid
Todd Bennethum
[Abstract][Extended Abstract]

Tissue Printing: A New Way to Look at Plant Structure
Graham R. Kent and Philip D. Reid
[Abstract][Published Abstract]

A Student-Built Cell Counting Chamber
Robert Ketcham
[Abstract][Published Abstract]

An Economical Method for Generating and Delivering an Even Flow of CO₂ Gas
Angélique G. L. Gloss and Evelyn J. Stillwell
[Abstract][Published Abstract]

Teaching Spectrophotometry and Graphing Using Red Cabbage Extract and pH Buffers
Frances Kennedy
[Abstract][Published Abstract]

Some Effects of pH on Living Systems
Sherry K. Brooks and Nancy L. Pruitt
[Abstract][Published Abstract]

Ecological Interactions: Testing Prey Distribution Patterns
Jane Beiswenger
[Abstract][Published Abstract]

Succession in a Sub-Alpine Forest
Karen E. Bedford and Ruth St. John
[Abstract][Published Abstract]

Ecological Crisis 2050 A.D.
Nancy L. Goodyear
[Abstract][Published Abstract]

Majors Biology: An Evolutionary Synthesis
Joan Sharp
[Abstract][Published Abstract]

A Semester-Long Research Problem Approach to Senior Undergraduate Laboratories in Ecology
Thomas Nudds
[Abstract][Published Abstract]

The Methods of Science: Properties of Life as Observed in a Slime Mold
Carolyn Ogren
[Abstract][Published Abstract]

From Hypothesis to Manuscript: Small Group Research Projects in Ecology for Introductory Biology and Ecology Courses
David Lasenby, Erica Nol, and Kate Frego
[Abstract][Published Abstract]

The Eyes Have It: Ideas for Undergraduate Student Research
Kathleen A. Nolan, Adam Splayer, Matthew Gottlieb, and David Azizian
[Abstract][Published Abstract]

Making and Using Computer Animations to Teach Biology
Alan W. Day and Robert L. Dean
[Abstract][Published Abstract]

Procuring and Preserving Animals for Biological Instruction
Raymond 0. Flagg
[Abstract][Published Abstract]