University of Arizona: Ants

The University of Arizona operates Steward Observatory research website and the Department of Astronomy academic website.

This site from the University of Arizona describes how blood type is passed on from parent to child. The tutorial covers the genetics of the ABO blood groups as well as Rh factor. There are even practice problems and blood type calculators!

This site from the University of Arizona runs a two-step simulation of Genetic Drift. There are teacher's notes included. A great site to aid in understanding Genetic Drift.

This site is provided by the University of Arizona and it gives great information on the subject. Good collection of dihybrid crosses which exemplify the issue of independent assortment. Work these once you think you've mastered th concept.

A very good site from the Tree of Life Web Project at the University of Arizona on hagfish in general that explains the growing economic market for this agnathan.

One of the creepiest and coolest natural occurrences is a great forum for data analysis and discussion! Explore the phenomenon of zombie ants, or ants infected with the Cordyceps fungus, with a series of activities and experiments....

The learning activity is a guide to a better understanding of ants. Some topics investigated are the range, habitat, and identification of the ant. In addition to an information guide the resource has images of ants.

Interdisciplinary unit about the risk of exposure to arsenic in public drinking water. Math, language arts, social studies, and science are incorporated into the lessons.

This site from the University of Arizona provides great information on a sex-linked inheritance problem set. This is a very good site to practice what you know about sex-linked problems. Each link is a problem.

This site, which is provided for by the University of Arizona, gives problems online that correspond to basic Mendelian genetics. Test your knowledge once you've read about Mendel and accessed the links to the various subjects covered in...