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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. |
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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. |
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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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Kids Genetics - http://genetics.gsk.com/kids/index_kids.htm
GlaxoSmithKline explains how researchers are working to understand the genetic base of common diseases in order to discover and develop new medicines. |
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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. |
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Snapshots of Science and Medicine - http://science.education.nih.gov/newsnapshots/index.html
Reseach in the news, researcher profiles, and societal impacts. |
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Beyond Discovery, Designer Seeds - http://www.beyonddiscovery.org/content/view.article.asp?a=167
Explains how and why scientists create genetically engineered plants, particularly those resistant to herbicides, pests, and diseases. Note: one of the sponsors of this site is a chemical company. |
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A Hypermedia Glossary of Genetic Terms - http://www.weihenstephan.de/~schlind/genglos.html
A fairly bare-bones web site that features readable definitions to the technical language of genetics. |
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Human's Playground: Genetic Engineering - http://library.thinkquest.org/04apr/00774/
Explains the history, basic biology, and the controversy surrounding genetic engineering. |
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Discovering Genetics - http://library.thinkquest.org/03oct/00737/
Includes animated clips, lessons and quizzes about genetics and heredity. |
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What Can Our Chromosomes Tell Us? - http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/units/disorders/karyotype/
Interactive karyotyping activity, in which you can determine if different individuals have specific genetic diseases or not. |
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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. |
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Right Handed DNA Hall of Fame - http://www.lecb.ncifcrf.gov/~toms/RightHanded.DNA.html
Artistic pictures of right-handed DNA. Includes a left-handed hall of fame and other genetics links. |
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Genetically Modified Crops - http://www.geocities.com/gm_crops/
What kids say about genetic engineering and modification of food. Includes a quiz, pro and con links, and a forum. By Ogilvie High School, Tasmania, Australia. |
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The DNA Village - http://hometown.aol.com/dnavillage/dnavillage.html
A full tutorial about DNA, including structure, research, technology, and interesting stories. |
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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. |
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Tech Topics: Genetics - http://www.thetech.org/exhibits/online/topics/40a.html
Features explanations and activities on DNA, forensic science and cloning. |
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DNA from the Beginning - http://www.dnaftb.org/
Information and pictures about classical genetics, molecules of genetics, and genetic organization and control. |
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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. |
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OLogy: The Gene Scene - http://www.amnh.org/ology/?channel=genetics&c
Defines genetics, explains DNA, discusses cloning, and looks at genetic engineering. Includes activities. |