Promoting scientific literacy in evolution through citizen science

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Evolutionary understanding is central to biology. It is also an essential prerequisite to understanding and making informed decisions about societal issues such as climate change. Yet, evolution is generally poorly understood by civil society and many misconceptions exist. Citizen science, which has been increasing in popularity as a means to gather new data and promote scientific literacy, is one strategy through which people could learn about evolution. However, despite the potential for citizen science to promote evolution learning opportunities, very few projects implement them. In this paper, we make the case for incorporating evolution education into citizen science, define key learning goals, and suggest opportunities for designing and evaluating projects in order to promote scientific literacy in evolution.

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The major genetic risk factor for severe COVID-19 is inherited from Neanderthals

Hugo Zeberg, Svante Pääbo (2020)

A recent genetic association study1 identified a gene cluster on chromosome 3 as a risk locus for respiratory failure after infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). A separate study (COVID-19 Host Genetics Initiative)2 comprising 3,199 hospitalized patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and control individuals showed that this cluster is the major genetic risk factor for severe symptoms after SARS-CoV-2 infection and hospitalization. Here we show that the risk is conferred by a genomic segment of around 50 kilobases in size that is inherited from Neanderthals and is carried by around 50% of people in south Asia and around 16% of people in Europe.

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Miriam Brandt: Role: Project administrationRole: Writing – original draftRole: Writing – review & editing

Quentin Groom:

ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0596-5376

Role: ConceptualizationRole: Funding acquisitionRole: Writing – original draftRole: Writing – review & editing

Alexandra Magro: Role: Writing – original draftRole: Writing – review & editing

Dusan Misevic: Role: Writing – original draftRole: Writing – review & editing

Claire L. Narraway:

ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6117-7115

Role: Writing – original draftRole: Writing – review & editing

Till Bruckermann:

ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8789-8276

Role: Writing – original draftRole: Writing – review & editing

Anna Beniermann:

ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5123-5588

Role: Writing – review & editing

Sofie Meeus:

ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0715-8647

Role: Writing – review & editing

Helen E. Roy: Role: Writing – review & editing

Jorge Roberto Torres: Role: Writing – review & editing

Tania Jenkins:

ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6816-3848

Role: ConceptualizationRole: Funding acquisitionRole: Project administrationRole: Writing – original draftRole: Writing – review & editing

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Journal ID (nlm-ta): Proc Biol Sci

Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Proc Biol Sci

Journal ID (publisher-id): RSPB

Journal ID (hwp): royprsb

Title: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Publisher: The Royal Society

ISSN (Print): 0962-8452

ISSN (Electronic): 1471-2954

Publication date (Print, pub): August 10, 2022

Publication date (Electronic, pub): August 10, 2022

Publication date PMC-release: August 10, 2022

Volume: 289

Issue: 1980

Electronic Location Identifier: 20221077

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[ ¹ ] Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (IZW) im Forschungsverbund Berlin e.V., , Alfred-Kowalke-Straße 17, Berlin, 10315, Germany

[ ² ] Meise Botanic Garden, , Nieuwelaan 38, 1860 Meise, Belgium

[ ³ ] Laboratoire Évolution and Diversité Biologique, UMR 5174, Université Toulouse III Paul Sabatier – Bâtiment 4R1, , 118, route de Narbonne, 31062 Toulouse cedex 9, France

[ ⁴ ] ENSFEA-Univ. Toulouse, , Castanet-Tolosan, France

[ ⁵ ] Université Paris Cité, , Inserm, System Engineering and Evolution Dynamics, (CRI), 8bis Rue Charles V, 75004 Paris, France

[ ⁶ ] Learning Planet Institute, , 8bis Rue Charles V, 75004 Paris, France

[ ⁷ ] Earthwatch Europe, , Mayfield House, 256 Banbury Road, Oxford, OX2 7DE, UK

[ ⁸ ] Leibniz University Hannover, , Schloßwender Str. 1, 30159 Hannover, Germany

[ ⁹ ] IPN – Leibniz Institute for Science and Mathematics Education, , Olshausenstr. 62, 24118 Kiel, Germany

[ ¹⁰ ] Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, , Unter den Linden 6, 10099 Berlin, Germany

[ ¹¹ ] Department of Planning, Aalborg University, , A.C. Meyers Vænge 25, DK-2450 Copenhagen, SV, Denmark

[ ¹² ] Institute of Evolutionary Biology (CSIC-Universitat Pompeu Fabra), , Passeig Maritim Barceloneta 37-49, 08003 Barcelona, Spain

[ ¹³ ] UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, , Benson Lane, Crowmarsh Gifford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8BB, UK

[ ¹⁴ ] Research Centre Didactics and Technology in the Education of Trainers, Campus Universitário de Santiago, University of Aveiro, , Aveiro, Portugal

[ ¹⁵ ] La Ciència Al Teu Món, SciComm Association, , Calle de Trafalgar 48, 08010 Barcelona, Spain

[ ¹⁶ ] University of Geneva, , Science II, Quai Ernest Ansermet 30, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland

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Quentin Groom http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0596-5376

Claire L. Narraway http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6117-7115

Till Bruckermann http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8789-8276

Anna Beniermann http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5123-5588

Josefa González http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9824-027X

Sofie Meeus http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0715-8647

Tania Jenkins http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6816-3848

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Publisher ID: rspb20221077

DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2022.1077

PMC ID: 9363982

PubMed ID: 35946159

SO-VID: 2ef616c1-a84d-4f93-b986-57c843fae996

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Published by the Royal Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/, which permits unrestricted use, provided the original author and source are credited.

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Date received : June 3, 2022

Date accepted : July 18, 2022

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Funded by: European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST);

Award ID: CA15212

Award ID: CA17122

Award ID: CA17127

Funded by: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100001871;

Award ID: UID/ CED/00194/2019

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Keywords: evaluation,evolution misconceptions,education,learning,public participation in scientific research

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