Human Genetics

A Worldwide Search for the Dominant Trait

WNET School - Genes at work - dominant traits and inheritance
Genetics Education Center - Extensive resources
Introduction to Mendelian Genetics - The storage and transmission of genetic information
Morgan: A Genetics Tutorial - Requires software to be downloaded - well worth registering
NYU Links and resources - extensive list of genetics resources
Lecture 11 - Heredity and Meiosis - resources
Recessive and Dominant Inheritance
A Thinkquest Entry: The Virtual Lab: Exploring Genetics
Inheritance Of Single-Gene Defects - Details from the Merck Manual of Diagnosis and therapy
Human Pedigree Analysis - Symbols and examples of various inheritance cases
BIOL 121 Human Genetics References - A large list of useful links
The Debate over Dominance - A must read
Genetics Glossary
Genetic Science Learning Center - Provides information to help people understand how genetics affects their lives and society
DNA from the Beginning - "An animated primer on the basics of DNA, genes and heredity"
The Centre for Genetic Education - Several genetics fact sheets

1996 Access Excellence Collection - activities by teachers in Project Excellence
Interactive mouse genetics activity (shockwave plug-in needed)
Virtual Fly Lab - In this module you are a scientist trying to discover the rules of genetic inheritance.Purchase required.
My Family and Me - pedigree activity (needs some "assembly")
What Will Our Baby Look Like? - coin flipping to determine what offspring will look like

Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium According to Hoyle - Using playing cards to model basic population genetics
Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium - Explanation of the major objective of the project!! Lots of additional exercises.
Using the Hardy-Weinberg Equation - Using H-W to determine, from family data, which is the dominant trait (hitchhicker’s thumb used)

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