title: Getting Wrinkly Spreaders to demonstrate evolution in schools.
abstract: Understanding evolution is crucial to modern biology, but most teachers would assume that practical demonstrations of evolution in school laboratories are unfeasible. However, perhaps they have not heard of 'evolution in a test tube' and how Wrinkly Spreaders can form the basis for both practical demonstrations of bacterial evolution and further work.
authors.affiliation: SIMBIOS Centre and School of Science, Engineering, and Technology, Abertay University, Bell Street, Dundee, DD1 1HG, UK. Electronic address: a.spiers@abertay.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Andrew J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Spiers
mesh_terms: D000220:Adaptation, Biological; D005075:Biological Evolution; D001695:Biology / Q000193:education*; D011551:Pseudomonas fluorescens / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development*
keywords: education; experimental evolution; microbiology; microcosms