Science Buddies
Science Buddies: A Magnetic Primer Designer
How do scientists "copy" DNA? They use a process called the Polymerase Chain Reaction, or PCR. The key to making this process work is having a primer that will stick to the piece of DNA you want to copy, called a template. In this...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Dna Structure and Replication
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Module describes how DNA's structure and function was discovered while summarizing the process of DNA replication. This activity also explains Chargaff's rules and...
Vision Learning
Visionlearning: Biology: Dna Iii: The Replication of Dna
Instructional module focusing on the discovery and study of DNA replication. Discussion incorporates how scientists were able to observe DNA replication through a technique called DNA synthesis assay. Site also includes an interactive...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Molecular Mechanism of Dna Replication
Learn the roles of DNA polymerases and other replication enzymes. Understand the leading and lagging strands and Okazaki fragments.
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Dna From the Beginning: A Half Dna Ladder Is the Template
A good tutorial on replication. The menu bar at the top provides more history, background and animations.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Hhmi: Biointeractive: Neuroscience: Tri Nucleotide Repeat
A narrated animation demonstrating a the DNA replication problem, trinucleotide repeat. Video [1:08]
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Dna Interactive: Manipulation
Once the code was discovered, how could DNA be manipulated, what tools would be needed to make use of DNA. These are some questions answered in this interactive website.
Biology Pages
Kimball's Biology Pages: Dna Replication
This page provides a fairly high level explanation of DNA replication with extensive graphics. Good description of this process.
McGraw Hill
Mc Graw Hill: How Cells Divide
Discover what you know about how cells divide through this post test.
University of Arizona
Biology Project: Nucleic Acids (Prob 3)
A quiz question from a larger online quiz that tests your knowledge of DNA replication. You can choose to skip right to the tutorial by clicking the button on the bottom.
University of Arizona
Biology Project: Nucleic Acids (Prob 4)
A second quiz question from a larger online quiz that tests your knowledge of DNA replication. You can choose to skip right to the tutorial by clicking the button on the bottom.
University of Arizona
Biology Project: Nucleic Acids (Prob 5)
A third quiz question from a larger online quiz that tests your knowledge of DNA replication. You can choose to skip right to the tutorial by clicking the button on the bottom.
University of Arizona
Biology Project: Nucleic Acids (Tutorial 3)
The turorial for a question from the site's online quiz, this one deals with the direction of relpication at the replication fork.
Spongelab Interactive
Spongelab Interactive: Dna Zip!
[Free Registration/Login Required] Be the "zip" in the DNA replication process with this game! This game focuses on the replication of DNA. Students must help the DNA polymerase complete the DNA code by adding the bases. The game must be...
McGraw Hill
Glencoe Biology: Replication of Dna: Self Check Quiz
Five multiple choice questions over DNA replication. After the quiz, the self-checking feature allows students to see which were the correct answers.
Other
Genetics: Dna Replication
Provides the three models of replication and shows how they would create different DNA strands. Good graphics and explanations.
John Wiley & Sons
Wiley: Animations: Essential Biochemistry: Dna Replication
Enter the DNA factory to simulate the process of DNA replication. After each step of the progression, take a quick quiz before moving on.
Ohio State University
Ohio State University: Dna Replication
This site from Ohio State University provides a good outline of the process of replicating DNA. The outline contains a numerous amount of embedded vocabulary links, illustrations of the process and also review questions and solutions.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Mode of Dna Replication: Meselson Stahl Experiment
See a key historical experiment that demonstrated the semi-conservative mechanism of DNA replication.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Dna Proofreading and Repair
Learn about the mechanisms that work to correct errors during DNA replication and to repair DNA damage over the cell's lifetime.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Overview: Dna Cloning
Explore the definition, purpose, and basic steps of DNA cloning.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Dna Structure and Replication
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes how DNA's structure and function was discovered.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Physical Science: Replication in Science
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Definition of replication and its importance in science.