Several educational studies were conducted in the context of the “learning genetics on the fly” environment. These studies pointed out the importance of teaching the protein level and drawing connections between the protein level and the final trait.
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Haskel-Ittah, M., Duncan, R. G., Vazquez Ben, L., and Yarden, A. (2019). Reasoning About Genetic Mechanisms: Affordances and Constrains for Learning. JRST -Journal of Research in Science Teaching,1– 26. https://doi.org/10.1002/tea.21595.