Directory of Genetics Resources

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• Cloning

Resources in This Category

• A Hypermedia Glossary of Genetic Terms

  http://www.wzw.tum.de/public-html/schlind/genglos.html
  A fairly bare-bones web site that features readable definitions to the technical language of genetics.

• A Question of Genes: Inherited Risk

  http://www.pbs.org/gene/
  Explores the social, ethical and emotional consequences of genetic cloning. Includes a teacher's guide. From PBS.

• Cat Fanciers: Color Genetics

  http://www.fanciers.com/other-faqs/color-genetics.html
  Explains the genes behind cat coat colors including: whites, Siamese and Burmese, Abbyssinian, bicolors, and tricolors.

• DNA from the Beginning

  http://www.dnaftb.org/
  Information and pictures about classical genetics, molecules of genetics, and genetic organization and control.

• DNA Interactive

  http://www.dnai.org/
  An interactive project to explore DNA. Has historic timeline, talks about how DNA science may be applied to healthcare, and delve into the mysteries of our species' past, shows its code and possible manipulations, dicoveres the genome.

• DNA Learning Center

  https://www.dnalc.org/
  Provides videos and resources for students with a mission "Preparing students to thrive in the gene age"

• Fugue No. 9: E Major

  http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~tas3/wtc/i09.html
  Interactive Director movie comparing a fugue by Johann Sebastian Bach to the structure of DNA.

• Genetic Science Learning Center

  http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/
  How does genetics affect our lives? Online activities, labs, experiments, and workshops for students, teens, and all others curious about genetics.

• Genetics Origins

  http://www.geneticorigins.org/
  Provides biochemical methods and computer tools to allow students to use their own DNA "fingerprints" as a starting point in the study of human evolution.

• OLogy: The Gene Scene

  http://www.amnh.org/explore/ology/genetics
  Defines genetics, explains DNA, discusses cloning, and looks at genetic engineering. Includes activities.

• The Human Genome Project: Exploring Our Molecular Selves

  http://www.genome.gov/25019879
  Looks at the history of genes, and how they can help medicine in the future.

• Whose Genes?

  http://tiki.oneworld.net/genetics/
  Guide to genetic engineering. What is it? Should you be worried? Is it okay? Is it for need or for greed?

• Your Genes Your Choices

  http://ehrweb.aaas.org/ehr/books/
  Describes basic genetics as well as the legal, social, and ethical implications of increasing genetic knowledge.

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