Open Curriculum
Open Curriculum: Mendel's Investigation
Students identify how Mendel's study of science and math was important to his success in research.
Open Curriculum
Open Curriculum: Regulation of Gene Expression
An article which describes the general mechanisms of gene expression.
PBS
Pbs Teachers:build a Family Tree (Men Only)
Understand DNA sequences and the Y chromosome. Solve a genealogical puzzle using the power of reasoning and understanding of DNA, and complete the a male family tree using DNA information from the Y chromosome of three fictitious...
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Dolan Dna Learning Center: Learn About Genetics: Genes & Inheritance
An animation introducing the basic concepts of cells, DNA, recessive inheritance, and Punnett squares.
Other
Personal/history of Genetics Timeline
Wonderful list important events in genetics history between 1651-1999. One-sentence description of each event is provided.
Other
Personal Site / Mendels Discoveries
This personal site gives the seven characteristics that Mendel observed and a fairly large background to what Mendel saw and interpreted.
Other
Villanova University: Gregor Mendel
An overview of the life of scientist Gregor Mendel discusses his early life as a professor, his experiments with genetics, his research in other scientific areas, and his later years.
Other
Pea Soup: The Story of Mendel
College student site with information about Gregor Mendel and Mendelian Genetics. Also contains an interactive pea experiment and a glossary.
Science Daily
Science Daily: Health & Medicine News
ScienceDaily is an online magazine covering various aspects of science news. Coverage includes diseases, disorders, treatments, diagnosis, genetics, biotech, and more.
Other
Biologie Online: Biologie Von a Bis Z (German)
Biology is a natural science that deals with living things. Like other areas of science, biology is divided into several subcategories. See them here from A to Z.
Other
Putting Dna to Work: The Dna Sequence
Get a feel for how to read a DNA sequence from several links located on this site.
Other
Evolution: The Theory of Natural Selection (Part 1)
These pages are part of a site called Evolution that accompany a textbook by the same name. Mark Ridley is the author. This section has an advanced discussion of determining allele and genotype frequencies using the Hardy-Weinberg ratio.
Other
Georgia Perimeter College: Extending Mendelian Genetics
This resource provides a good overview of genetics, including codominance.
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North Dakota State: Mendel's First Law (Law of Segregation)
This resource explains Mendel's first law (Law of Segregation) in detail. Includes Mendel's original experiments with results and conclusions.
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North Dakota State Univ.: Detecting and Measuring Linkage
A good site to establish what is meant by gene linkage and sex-linkage.
Other
North Dakota State Univ.: Mendel's Law of Ind. Assort.
Mendel's second law and how he arrived at it through his experiments. Includes vocabulary and examples.
Other
North Dakota State Univ./mendel's Law of Ind. Asstort.
Good description of Mendel's findings and his second major principle.
Other
Evo Tutor: Evolutionary Processes
EvoTutor is your online resource for interactive simulations of evolutionary processes.
Other
My Science Box: Dna Models
Hands-on lesson in which students play with puzzle pieces representing the DNA molecule to discover the molecular structure of DNA.
Genome British Columbia
Genome British Columbia: Dna Goes Upc: An Introduction to Dna Barcoding
In recent years, Canadian scientists have been in the forefront of efforts to identify animal species by DNA barcoding. A single gene, cytochrome oxidase I (COI), that is present in all animals is being used to identify each species....
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Ornl: Pharmacogenomics
Explains in clear language how drugs might be tailor made for individuals genetic make-up. Background and supporting information for this cutting edge topic is very good.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Technology and Ethics
Investigate the meaning of ethics and morality as applied to technology and scientific advances. Research various issues related to scientific, technological and medical advances in the past decade and take a stand on each.
PBS
Pbs News Hour Extra: The Human Genome Project, a Decade Later
This article reviews advances made by medical researchers since the complete mapping of the human genetic code ten years earlier. Although the expectation then had been that cures could be found for many diseases based on this new...
National Health Museum
Access Excellence: Gregor Mendel
Basic information on the life and works of biologist Gregor Mendel.