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Vision Learning

Visionlearning: Biology: Genetics Ii: Mendel and Multiple Genetic Traits

For Students 9th - 10th
Instructional module focusing on Gregor Mendel's scientific legacy and analysis of multiple genetic traits. Discussion includes Mendel's work on his second law, the Law of Independent Assortment, which states that different traits are...
eBook
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: X Linked Inheritance

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out about the chromosomal basis of sex determination, X and Y chromosomes, and X-linkage.
Handout
National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health

National Cancer Institute: Cancer Genetics Overview

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides extensive information about the relationship of genetics to cancer.
eBook
National Institutes of Health

National Center for Biotechnology Information: Pedigree Analysis

For Students 9th - 10th
This ebook discusses the topic of human pedigree analysis, a type of genetic science used to determine inherited characteristics.
eBook
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: The Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about Thomas Hunt Morgan's experiments with the fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) as a model system.
Online Course
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Courses: Biology: Introductory Biology

For Teachers 9th - 10th
College-level introductory biology course focusing on the application of the fundamental principles of human biology. Course topics include genetics, cell biology, molecular biology, disease (infectious agents, inherited diseases and...
Handout
Columbia University

Columbia University: Thomas Hunt Morgan

For Students 9th - 10th
The site promotes the importance of Morgan and his experiments in genetics with fruit flies on the field of biology.
Article
Other

Simply Psychology: Saul Mc Leod: Nature vs. Nurture in Psychology

For Students 9th - 10th
There are five approaches to psychology which are on a spectrum from nature versus nurture. The approaches with inherited traits lean towards the nature end and those with acquired traits are on the nurture end. This article helps...
eBook
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Polygenic Inheritance and Environmental Effects

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about traits that are controlled by multiple genes and/or influenced by the environment. Understand penetrance and expressivity.

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