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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Dna History and Dna Replication

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will take a look at the history of DNA. It lists all the scientists involved in the discovery of DNA. Students will also look at some of the basic facts about DNA and determine the sequence of...
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Mutations

For Students 9th - 10th
A webpage briefly explaining how a mutation in DNA and RNA can cause the wrong protein to be synthesized. Understand that DNA & RNA are long string of nucleotides that codes protein. The mutations shown include deletion, duplication,...
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Handout
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Dna From the Beginning: Mutations Are Changes in Genetic Information

For Students 9th - 10th
This article explains how and why mutations are so important to genetics.
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Handout
BiologyWise

Biology Wise: Examples of Beneficial Mutation

For Students 9th - 10th
Not all genetic mutations are harmful. Examples of beneficial mutations are described here.
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BiologyWise

Biology Wise: Mitosis and Cancer

For Students 9th - 10th
Just like mitosis creates two identical healthy cells from one, it also enables cancer cells to duplicate themselves, facilitating the spread of the disease.