Time to Translate: Deciphering the Codon in the Classroom

Fardad Firooznia

doi:10.1525/abt.2015.77.3.6

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Fardad Firooznia¹

¹Fardad Firooznia is a Lecturer in the Department of Biology at The City College of New York, Marshak 517, 160 Convent Avenue, New York, NY 10031; e-mail: . ffirooznia@ccny.cuny.edu

Abstract

I describe and evaluate a fun and simple role-playing exercise that allows students to actively work through the process of translation. This exercise can easily be completed during a 50-minute class period, with time to review the steps and contemplate complications such as the effects of various types of mutations.

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Fardad Firooznia "Time to Translate: Deciphering the Codon in the Classroom," The American Biology Teacher 77(3), 185-190, (1 March 2015). https://doi.org/10.1525/abt.2015.77.3.6

Published: 1 March 2015