ProCon
Obesity
Is obesity a disease or just a preventable risk factor for other diseases? Scholars attempt to form their own opinions by reading a background of the issue and watching videos that explore the main pro and con arguments using an included...
Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: Francis Crick Nobel Lecture: On the Genetic Code
Read Francis Harry Compton Crick's Nobel Lecture entitled "On the Genetic Code," which was originally given by Crick December 11, 1962.
Other
Evidence for Evolution: Genetic Code
These pages are part of a site called Evolution that accompany a textbook by the same name. Mark Ridley is the author. In this section: the universal genetic code provides evidence that life has a common ancestor.
City University of New York
Bio Lab Module: Breaking the Genetic Code
Try this interactive module from the Brooklyn College to help understand the genetic code and how changes in the code effect the final protein product.
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...
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Oak Ridge National Laboratory: Behavioral Genetics
A useful introduction from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory on the study of how genetics and behavior are linked. Many useful resource links are included.
National Institutes of Health
Nih: Deciphering the Genetic Code: Michael Nirenberg
Story of Michael Nirenberg and his colleagues deciphering of DNA.
National Institutes of Health
The Cancer Genome Anatomy Project
This resource, established by the National Cancer Institute, deals with the genetic conditions that cause cancer, and are present in cancerous tumors.
Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: How to Crack the Code
Through a series of illustrations, learn about the physical carriers of inheritance. Discover facts about DNA, the blueprint of life, and RNA, the blueprint copy.
Encyclopedia of Earth
Encyclopedia of Earth: Evolutionary Biology: Epigenetics: The Science of Change
Article discusses the science of epigenetics, where gene activity can be changed by factors other than genetic code, for example, by environmental pollutants. (Published: August 22, 2011)
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Protein Synthesis Study Guide
This study guide on protein synthesis covers key terminology, protein molecules and the genetic code, RNA types and their roles, transcription, translation, and a few misconceptions. It is available for download with free registration.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Berkeley Lab: Genome Sciences
The LBN Laboratory uses the data generated by the Human Genome Project to actually map the genes within the decoded genome.
Other
Gene Expression & Regulation
Provides some very straight forward information regarding genetic information an DNA. Find out about synthesizing proteins, the Central Dogma of molecular biology, and much more.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Journey Into Dna
Travel deep into the human body to see exactly where your DNA resides. From the NOVA: Cracking the Code of Life Web site.
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: Start Codon
A start codon is a nucleotide triplet in a genetic sequence that occurs at the start of a protein's synthesis. Read about how this works and how a mutation can sometimes occur.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Nature Versus Nurture Revisited
Which dictates our existence? Is it our genetic makeup or the environment we grow up in? Kevin Davies offers an update on this long-standing debate, from the NOVA: "Cracking the Code of Life" Web site.
City University of New York
Brooklyn College: Genotype and Phenotype
In this informative site, you will find the definition of genotype and phenotype, an explanation of the relationship between genotype and phenotype, an example of a genetic trait, an explanation of the flow of information from DNA to...
Nature Research
Scitable: Gene Expression and Regulation
Investigate gene expression with this collection of resources that explains how DNA is expressed to make RNA, how genes are turned "on" and "off", and what must occur for transcription to happen. The webpage explores gene expression by...
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Ornl: Human Genome Project Resources
Many different resources can be accessed through this page from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. A valuable reference page for teachers and students.
Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: Francis Crick Biographical
Read about the co-recipient of the 1962 Nobel Prize in Medicine. This biography includes a picture of Crick as well as information on his personal life. Most focus, however, is on his scientific contributions and discoveries "concerning...
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: What Is a Stop Codon?
A stop codon is a nucleotide triplet in messenger RNA that signals the end of a protein during the translation process. Read about how this works, the different types of stop codons, and how a mutation can sometimes occur.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Protein Synthesis, Part 1: Transcription
This lesson will cover the process of transcription and its role in protein synthesis.
Other
Stat Soft: Statistics Glossary
Dozens of statistical terms are defined and illustrated in this glossary.