C-MOOR Module: Model Organisms and Biological Databases

This repository contains the source material for the C-MOOR module on Model Organisms and Biological Databases. The rendered content can be viewed freely at https://www.c-moor.org/module-model-org-db/.

This module introduces students to model organisms and biological databases and the roles they play in scientific research. At a more fundamental level, it illuminates the concepts of genes and homology. By using databases to explore genes and their homologs, students will gain a deeper appreciation of the commonalities that exist across organisms and the ways in which this can help us conduct scientific research.

This module is designed for introductory biology courses and is designed to be flexible - it can be completed in a single lab period, or the component pieces can be split apart to be used at different times (e.g. at home vs. in-class, or across multiple class days). We have primarily used it as a single lab period, but have also used it as a flipped-classroom activity in a lecture course, assigning some portions as homework and completing others in class.

C-MOOR Collection

This content is part of a collection of teaching resources developed by C-MOOR. C-MOOR works to break down barriers to scientific participation and build pathways for the next generation of data scientists through authentic research experiences. Learn more about C-MOOR by viewing our projects, or read about how C-MOOR is integrating research experience into undergraduate biology courses at Clovis Community College.

Forking

This module uses OTTR to render R Markdown content into multiple formats. If you would like to fork this repository, you can learn more about how OTTR works by visiting ottrproject.org

OTTR helps you:

• Edit and write a course in RMarkdown files and have it published to multiple different platforms:
  • Leanpub
  • Bookdown
  • Coursera
• Have Github action robots do your repetitive tasks like spell check and re-rendering.
• Use automagic conversion to ease the lift of prepping the material for different platforms' formats.
• Use our Docker image for consistency across authors as well as to help you avoid dependency hell.

See the OTTR pre-print here!

Encountering problems?

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All materials in this course are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License unless noted otherwise.