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. 2012;10(7):e1001356.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001356. Epub 2012 Jul 3.

"Why do we have to learn this stuff?"--a new genetics for 21st century students

Rosemary J Redfield  1
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"Why do we have to learn this stuff?"--a new genetics for 21st century students

Rosemary J Redfield. PLoS Biol. 2012.

Abstract

Our students will go out into an astonishing new world of engineered genes and personal genomics, so why is the standard genetics syllabus stuck in the 1950s?

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Conflict of interest statement

The author has declared that no competing interests exist.

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