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In this Click & Learn, students explore the process of digestion and how it connects to metabolism and cellular respiration. 

Several questions are embedded within the short film The Making of the Fittest: Got Lactase? The Co-evolution of Genes and Culture, which explores the genetics of lactase persistence and evolution of the trait in some human populations.

A number of questions are embedded within the short film Popped Secret: The Mysterious Origin of Corn, which explores the genetic and archaeological evidence that corn was domesticated from a wild Mexican grass called teosinte.

This interactive module explores the phases, checkpoints, and protein regulators of the cell cycle. The module also shows how mutations in genes that encode cell cycle regulators can lead to the development of cancer.

This short tutorial explores and compares the mechanisms of artificial selection and natural selection.

This tutorial describes the various forms of “fat” — from a tissue, to a cell type, to a class of molecules.

This tutorial explores how fat is digested, transported, stored, and used for energy.

This interactive, modular lab explores the tools that doctors use to examine and diagnose patients with heart conditions.