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From: Improved “Origami Bird” Protocol Enhances Japanese Students’ Understanding of Evolution by Natural Selection: a Novel Approach Linking DNA Alteration to Phenotype Change

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Origami bird. Westerling (1992) named this fictitious organism “origami bird”; however, Japanese people do not call it “origami” because this word means not balling up but folding the paper. Its construction is simple enough for anyone to replicate: the bird consists of two ring-shaped wings made of paper and a straw body (ring-shaped wings’ diameter of a parent bird, about 7 cm; straw body length, about 18 cm)

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Evolution: Education and Outreach

ISSN: 1936-6434

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