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Nature Research

Scitable: Evolutionary Genetics

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of articles on evolutionary genetics focusing on the topics of phylogenetics, mutation and molecular population genetics, the genetics of speciation, genome evolution, and evolution and development. Learn how to read a...
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Palomar Community College District

Palomar College: Genetic Drift and Founder Effect

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Palomar College discusses the concepts of genetic drift and founder effect. Provides some specific examples of the founder effect and a discussion of these.
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Talk Origins Archive

Talk Origins Archive: Random Genetic Drift

For Students 9th - 10th
Laurence Moran discusses one of the most important mechanisms of evolution, Random Genetic Drift.
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American Institute of Biological Sciences

Action Bioscience: For Sale: Iceland's Genetic History

For Students 9th - 10th
Icelandic biomedical company, deCODE, owns exclusive rights to a genetic database of all Icelanders. Studying the genome of the entire population could reveal trends because Iceland is such an isolated and hardly migratory nation. As...
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Ohio State University

General Plant Biology: Plant Evolution

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a solid review of basic principles of population genetics with an emphasis on plants. Use this to complement your units on evolution and plant biology. Take the quiz to check your understanding.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Natural Selection in Populations

For Students 9th - 10th
How natural selection works at the level of genes, alleles, genotypes, & phenotypes.
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National Health Museum

Nhm: Restriction Maps to Cladograms Lesson

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson plan requires students to analyze DNA restriction maps to determine the differences in the sequence for several primates and humans. They then use the information to create a cladogram.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Mice Rule! (Or Not)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students explore the relationships between genetics, biodiversity, and evolution through a simple activity involving hypothetical wild mouse populations. First, students toss coins to determine what traits a set of mouse parents...
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University of Hamburg

University of Hamburg: The Hardy Weinberg Equilibrium

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the historical background leadingto the development of the Hardy-Weinberg principleand the assumptions of the principle. Providesmathematical and graphical illustrations ofthis principle.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Allele Frequency & the Gene Pool

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how to find allele frequency and how it's different from genotype frequency.

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