Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education

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APA

Flores-Camacho, F., Calderón-Canales, E., García-Rivera, B., Gallegos-Cázares, L., & Báez-Islas, A. (2021). Representational Trajectories in the Understanding of Mendelian Genetics. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 17(8), em1988. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/10998

Vancouver

Flores-Camacho F, Calderón-Canales E, García-Rivera B, Gallegos-Cázares L, Báez-Islas A. Representational Trajectories in the Understanding of Mendelian Genetics. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2021;17(8):em1988. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/10998

AMA

Flores-Camacho F, Calderón-Canales E, García-Rivera B, Gallegos-Cázares L, Báez-Islas A. Representational Trajectories in the Understanding of Mendelian Genetics. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2021;17(8), em1988. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/10998

Chicago

Flores-Camacho, Fernando, Elena Calderón-Canales, Beatriz García-Rivera, Leticia Gallegos-Cázares, and Araceli Báez-Islas. "Representational Trajectories in the Understanding of Mendelian Genetics". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education 2021 17 no. 8 (2021): em1988. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/10998

Harvard

Flores-Camacho, F., Calderón-Canales, E., García-Rivera, B., Gallegos-Cázares, L., and Báez-Islas, A. (2021). Representational Trajectories in the Understanding of Mendelian Genetics. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 17(8), em1988. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/10998

MLA

Flores-Camacho, Fernando et al. "Representational Trajectories in the Understanding of Mendelian Genetics". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, vol. 17, no. 8, 2021, em1988. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/10998