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| General Genetics Cornell
Math & Science Gateway Vast spectrum of sciences covered. Human Genome Project Full of information, and brought to you by the Human Genome Project Consortium Digital Biology Resources
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| General- DNA Cell Cycle This page is an online tutorial about DNA structure, mitosis and the cell cycle DNA Replication This contains images illustrating the replication of DNA. Molecular Biology A site dedicted to teaching molecular biology. Structure of Nucleic Acids This site is a lecture aid for use in the classroom. Provides interactive 3-dimensional images of DNA and its components. |
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| General Biological
American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) ATCC is a global nonprofit bioresource center that provides biological products, technical services, and educational programs to private industry, government, and academic organizations around the world. Australian Academy of Science (ASS) The site is home to the ASS. The Academy's goal is to promote science through a range of activities. Australian Science Archives Project (ASAPWeb) To improve access to Australia's scientific, technological and medical heritage by helping to preserve records and artifacts and communicating the existence of this heritage to a wide audience Nobel Foundation WWW server This is the official online source where you first learn the names of the new Nobel Prize Winners in October each year. |
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| News, Journals and General Science
DNA Learning Center News and loads of information Access Excellence News and views by the national (US) health museum Discovery Channel Online search for something you saw on television. Exploratorium Excellent scientific stories via internet multimedia MAD Scientist Network A fun way of looking at science by scientists New Scientist The Magazine! Nova - Science in the News up-to-date science news Scientific American Cell journals |
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| Mendelian Genetics Virtual Fly Labs This page contains a "virtual application" that allows one to simulate the genetics of several Drosophila melanogaster mutations and to do Chi Square analyses on them. Morgan: A Genetics Tutorial The Morgan Homepage is a multimedia D.N.A. tutorial that covers the basic principles of genetics, suitable for an advanced high school class. Natural History of Genes This site provides teachers with genetic science activities and hands-on experiments that bring disease genetics, conservation genetics, forensics and DNA into the real world for students. Biology Labs This provides teacher resources for biology labs in genetics and related fields. |
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| Evolution
Teaching About Evolution and the Nature of Science Thorough explanations for teaching these topics Theory of Evolution Evolution, as well as phylogeny and systematics, are thoroughly discussed in a series of essays from the UC Berkeley Museum of Paleontology. Journey into Phylogenetic Systematics This site provides an introduction to Cladistics, the reconstruction of evolutionary histories. BBC Education evolution This site includes online texts, software, interactive and multimedia sections. Tree of Life A multi-authored, distributed Internet project containing information about phylogeny and biodiversity, especially phylogenetic trees. Australian Paleoanthropology This site details Australian and Asian fossils and sites significant in human evolution. Teaching about Evolution Teaching about evolution and the nature of science is a National Academy of Science publication designed to aid teachers in teaching evolution and the nature of science. High School Human Genome Project This page has been set up for teachers interested in sequencing techniques. Human Evolution Education Network The National Center for Science Education (NCSE) sponsors the Human Evolution Education Network (HEEN) to bring together K-12 science teachers and scientists whose expertise is human evolution. |
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| Population Genetics
Charles Darwin The C. Warren Irvin, Jr., Collection of Charles Darwin and Darwiniana been formed carefully to reflect Darwin's writings and interests and to place them in the context of the work of his immediate predecessors. Genescope Software This software provider for teachers and students has facilities to explore population genetics and 'number crunch' with real data. Founder Effect and Speciation This contains an online lecture about the role of the founder effect in speciation; the parent site contains a great deal of further information about population genetics. Heterozygote Advantage An illustration of the phenomenon of heterozygote advantage. Multi Drug Resistance This links to a Scientific American article on multi drug resistance, golden staph and vancomycin. Equilibrium Activities and lesson plans for teaching about equilibrium in population genetics. Sickle Cell and Malaria This site contains exercises and worksheets for teachers and students, relating to sickle cell anemia, malaria and heterozygotic advantage. Sickle Cell and Malaria This site containts a links resource for sickle cell, malaria and heterozygote advantage. Based around a class programme studying these issues. |
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| Developmental Genetics
Developmental Biology Cinema A selection of key developmental biology quicktime videos to download |
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| Transcriptions and Translation
Transcription Graphic illustrating the process of transcription. Making Proteins This contains an interactive lesson on how proteins are made. |
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| Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)
PCR This is an animated tutorial on PCR, which requires no additional plug-ins. |
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| Cell Biology Cells Alive cell biology Cell Biology This is a cell biology site that includes interactive lessons on mitosis, meiosis and the the progession of the cell cycle. |
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| Molecular Biology
DNA Files This site has multimedia based information on many of the practical applications of modern molecular biological techniques. |
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| Mitosis
Mitosis This is an interactive lesson on mitosis. Uses Shockwave software. Includes an animation and an actual movie of a plant undergoing mitosis. |
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| Universities La Trobe University Macquarie University Monash University University of Adelaide University of Melbourne University of New South Wales University of Queensland University of Sydney |
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| Research Institutes Queensland Institute of Medical Research (QIMR) Garvan Institute of Medical Research The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research Biology Labs This provides teacher resources for biology labs in genetics and related fields. |
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| CSIRO CSIRO- Home Entomology Forestry and Forest Product Marine Research Moleculre Science Plant Industry |
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| Government Departments Australian Research Council Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources |
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| Bioinformatics and Tools
BLAST search of S.cerevisiae genome database S.cerevisiae Genomic Database (SGD) European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL WWW Submissions) National Centre for BioInformatics (NCBI) NCBI Bank It (GenBank WWW Submissions) Pedro's Reasearch Tools Protein Data Bank (PDB) |
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