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iRubric: Population genetics rubric

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Population genetics Rubric Code: T22672X By Anst_Mykh Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Biology Type: Survey Grade Levels: Undergraduate

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	Poor 4 pts	Fair 6 pts	Good 8 pts	Excellent 10 pts
Species concept How could you describe what species is?	Poor Student provides a one-sided explanation of a concept.	Fair Student shortly describes biological and evolutionary approaches to define a species.	Good Student provides several approaches to describe a species, mentions reproductive isolation and evolutionary history, provides reasoning for the complexity of the term.	Excellent Student gives a detailed explanation of the processes that shape a species, mentions phenotypical and phylogenetic approaches to delimitate a species. To express the complexity of the term, provided examples of cryptic species and hybridization between species.
Speciation What are the modes of speciation? If you can, provide some examples	Poor Student provides an incomplete answer by not mentioning all the modes, or by just giving terms names with no explanation, or by giving incomplete explanations while forgetting the proper terms.	Fair Student mentions all four modes and gives short explanations.	Good Student mentions all modes and gives exhaustive explanations.	Excellent Student mentions all modes gives exhaustive explanations and provides examples of at least two of them.
Reinforsment What is species reinforcement?	Poor Student gives an incomplete explanation	Fair Student gives a short but correct explanation	Good Student gives a detailed explanation	Excellent Student gives an exhaustive explanation and provides an example.