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A Novel Candidate Gene for Temperature-Dependent Sex Determination in the Common Snapping Turtle by Schroeder, Anthony L, Metzger, Kelsey J, Miller, Alexandra, Rhen, Turk

“…Temperature-dependent sex determination (TSD) was described nearly 50 years ago. Researchers have since identified many genes that display differential…”
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Investigating undergraduate health sciences students’ acceptance of evolution using MATE and GAENE by Metzger, Kelsey J., Montplaisir, Darian, Haines, David, Nickodem, Kyle

“…Background Despite the overwhelming agreement among scientists regarding the fundamental importance of evolution to all areas of biology, a lack of evolution…”
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"No Matter What Your Story Is, There Is a Place for You in Science": Students' Ability to Relate to Scientists Positively Shifts after Scientist Spotlight Assignments, Especially for First-Generation Students and Women by Metzger, Kelsey J, Dingel, Molly, Brown, Ethan

“…We evaluate the impact of a low-stakes easy-to-implement course-level intervention, Scientist Spotlight assignments, which feature personal and professional…”
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Evidence of positive selection at codon sites localized in extracellular domains of mammalian CC motif chemokine receptor proteins by Metzger, Kelsey J, Thomas, Michael A

“…CC chemokine receptor proteins (CCR1 through CCR10) are seven-transmembrane G-protein coupled receptors whose signaling pathways are known for their important…”
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Helping Students Conceptualize Species Divergence Events using the Online Tool “TimeTree: The Timescale of Life” by Metzger, Kelsey J.

“…Misinformation, preconceptions, and the human perception of time (e.g., in seconds, minutes, days, and years) are factors that can contribute to difficulties…”
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Warming up the Cold Call: Encouraging Classroom Inclusion by Considering Warm- & Cold-Calling Techniques by Metzger, Kelsey J, Via, Zach

“…Student populations in higher education are more diverse than ever before. Studies of classroom engagement have repeatedly shown that instructors act on…”
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Which Way Is Better? Comparison of Two Interactive Modeling Approaches for Teaching Meiosis in an Introductory Undergraduate Biology Course by Metzger, Kelsey J., Yowler, Joanna Yang

“…The processes of mitosis and meiosis are oft-cited and long-standing examples of concepts that are difficult for students to learn and understand. While there…”
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The Room Itself is Not Enough: Student Engagement in Active Learning Classrooms by Metzger, Kelsey J., Langley, David

“…The primary purpose of this paper is to describe the variety of active engagements that characterize student behaviors in active learning classrooms (ALCs)…”
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Mileage May Vary: How Sense of Community in First-Year Seminars Varies across Student Identities and Modes of Instruction by Metzger, Kelsey J, Wright, Jake, Erdmann, Robert M, Lemer, Bronson, Olson, Rachel L

“…We investigated changes in students' reported sense of community in the context of a one-semester first-year seminar course using the Community and School…”
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SMASH: A Diagnostic Tool to Monitor Student Metacognition, Affect, and Study Habits in an Undergraduate Science Course by Metzger, Kelsey J., Smith, Brittany A., Brown, Ethan, Soneral, Paula A. G.

“…This study describes the development and implementation of an iterative diagnostic and intervention routine designed to elicit and quantitatively describe…”
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Implications of informatics approaches in ecological research by Metzger, Kelsey J., Klaper, Rebecca, Thomas, Michael A.

“…Rapid advances in molecular methodologies, computational modeling, GIS applications, and innovations in other fields have influenced the scope and nature of…”
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ManyClasses 1: Assessing the Generalizable Effect of Immediate Feedback Versus Delayed Feedback Across Many College Classes by Fyfe, Emily R., de Leeuw, Joshua R., Carvalho, Paulo F., Goldstone, Robert L., Sherman, Janelle, Admiraal, David, Alford, Laura K., Bonner, Alison, Brassil, Chad E., Brooks, Christopher A., Carbonetto, Tracey, Chang, Sau Hou, Cruz, Laura, Czymoniewicz-Klippel, Melina, Daniel, Frances, Driessen, Michelle, Habashy, Noel, Hanson-Bradley, Carrie L., Hirt, Edward R., Carbonell, Virginia Hojas, Jackson, Daniel K., Jones, Shay, Keagy, Jennifer L., Keith, Brandi, Malmquist, Sarah J., McQuarrie, Barry, Metzger, Kelsey J., Min, Maung K., Patil, Sameer, Patrick, Ryan S., Pelaprat, Etienne, Petrunich-Rutherford, Maureen L., Porter, Meghan R., Prescott, Kristina, Reck, Cathrine, Renner, Terri, Robbins, Eric, Smith, Adam R., Stuczynski, Phil, Thompson, Jaye, Tsotakos, Nikolaos, Turk, Judith K., Unruh, Kyle, Webb, Jennifer D., Whitehead, Stephanie N., Wisniewski, Elaine C., Zhang, Ke Anne, Motz, Benjamin A.

“…Psychology researchers have long attempted to identify educational practices that improve student learning. However, experimental research on these practices…”
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Phylogenetic and molecular analysis of human CC motif chemokine receptors, and, Molecular evolution analysis of highly conserved sex -determining genes in amniotic vertebrates by Metzger, Kelsey J

“…Genes whose protein products are involved in host-pathogen interactions or aspects of sex determination or sexual function can experience intense selection…”
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