Discovery-based science education: functional genomic dissection in Drosophila by undergraduate researchers.

How can you combine professional-quality research with discovery-based undergraduate education? The UCLA Undergraduate Consortium for Functional Genomics provides the answe

Representative Pictures from the Laboratory Section of the Course

<p>Representative Pictures from the Laboratory Section of the Course</p

Discovery-Based Science Education: Functional Genomic Dissection in Drosophila by Undergraduate Researchers

Discovery-Based Science Education: Functional Genomic Dissection in Drosophila by Undergraduate Researcher

Example of the Type of Data Available from the Online Database (http://www.bruinfly.ucla.edu)

<p>Example of the Type of Data Available from the Online Database (<a href="http://www.bruinfly.ucla.edu" target="_blank">http://www.bruinfly.ucla.edu</a>)</p

Genomewide Clonal Analysis of Lethal Mutations in the Drosophila melanogaster Eye: Comparison of the X Chromosome and Autosomes

Using a large consortium of undergraduate students in an organized program at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), we have undertaken a functional genomic screen in the Drosophila eye. In addition to the educational value of discovery-based learning, this article presents the first comprehensive genomewide analysis of essential genes involved in eye development. The data reveal the surprising result that the X chromosome has almost twice the frequency of essential genes involved in eye development as that found on the autosomes