Mitosis and meiosis resources

We (Pam Kalas, Jolie Mayer Smith and Rosie Redfield) have created new stop-motion ‘candymation’ videos of mitosis and meiosis, and have submitted an article explaining why we think these are badly needed.

 

Here’s the trailer for the animations:

 

 

Article describing the animations, submitted to PLOS Biology (Tackling biology’s memorization problem: new tools for mitosis and meiosis).

 

PowerPoint slide deck introducing the ‘Pair-Pull-Part‘ strategy used by both mitosis and meiosis (pptx).

 

Mitosis Animation:

 

Mitosis Guide for Instructors

 

Meiosis Animation:

 

Meiosis Guide for Instructors

 

Problem sets about the genetic consequences of meiosis:

Gamete genotypes1

Gamete genotypes2

Gamete genotype problems