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ArticleJournal of microbiology & biology education2016

Who Scared the Cat? A Molecular Crime Scene Investigation Laboratory Exercise.

Laura E Ott, Susan D Carson

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Article in Journal of microbiology & biology education, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Laura E OttCollege of Natural and Mathematical Sciences, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD 21250.
Susan D CarsonDepartment of Plant and Microbial Biology and Division of Academic and Student Affairs, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695.
North Carolina State University · USUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore County · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This introductory laboratory exercise gives first-year life science majors or nonmajors an opportunity to gain knowledge and experience in basic bioinformatics and molecular biology laboratory techniques and analysis in the context of a mock crime scene investigation. In this laboratory, students determine if a human (Lady) or dog (Kona) committed the fictional crime of scaring a cat. Students begin by performing

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