Immersing undergraduate students into research on the metagenomics of the plant rhizosphere: a pedagogical strategy to engage civic-mindedness and retain undergraduates in STEM

Front Plant Sci. 2014 Apr 30:5:157. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00157. eCollection 2014.

¹ Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA, USA.
² Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA, USA.

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Keywords: STEM persistence; civic engagement; genomics; rhizosphere; undergraduate research.