Hi---I'm looking for recommendations on good articles to engage and help inform students about protists, (or potentially endosymbiont theory), whether primarily ecological, evolutionary, or systematic in nature.
It might be either a good case study of a specific group of protists in a primary or secondary journal/book chapter, or a more general review type article suitable for discussion in small groups or with the whole class. I mostly want to feature protists in a discussion that makes this group come alive, more so that just mentioning the polyphyletic nature of this mixed group of fascinating organisms I've read some classic articles, but this isn't my area of expertise.. and it would be nice to hear what other folks use.. particularly recent articles, or something more classic that you've found successful with motivated undergrad bio majors. THe Class is an intro majors course (mostly Fr and So level: Ecology, Evolution, & Diversity) Thanks in advance for any suggestions.. I can send around a summary if folks respond IF YOU"RE INTERESTED: By the way.. a great summary article in Science of some evolutionary case studies that works with discussions of Nat sel or adaptive radiation etc if folks are interested is a paper in Science.. written by science writer Jonathan Weiner entitled Evolution Made Visible... Vol 267:30-33. (though a few years old, it still works well ... and students enjoy it much. If you haven't read the article, it's definitely worth skimming. I often bring in some more recent articles on the organisms talked about or encourage students students to search forward for articles that cite this. Sincerely, Susan Kephart Willlamette University Biology 503 370-6481 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
