CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Dna and Chromosomes
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Tutorial serves as an introduction to chromosomes. It defines genes, chromosomes, and homologous chromosomes, while providing an explaination of chromatids and...
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Genome British Columbia: Chromosomes
This is an excellent PowerPoint presentation that explains what chromosomes are. Many slides are also accompanied by detailed notes.
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Dna From the Beginning: Dna Is Packaged in a Chromosome
The scientists and experiments that discovered that DNA is coiled into chromosomes are the topic of this article. Article includes animations, pictures, video, biographical information, and quiz questions that are accessed by clicking on...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Human Chromosomes and Genes Study Guide
This comprehensive study guide covers the main terms and concepts needed for a unit on human chromosomes and genes.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Aneuploidy & Chromosomal Rearrangements
Find out about aneuploidy and nondisjunction, as they relate to down syndrome and other related disorders. Also learn about chromosomal rearrangements.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Human Chromosomes and Genes
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Covers human autosomes and sex chromosomes.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Chromosomal Inheritance Questions
This is a ten-question quiz pertaining to chromosomal inheritance.
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Dolan Dna Learning Center: Dna Molecule: Chromosome Map
Find out about the chromosome karyotype and how that identifies a human as a human. [0:46]
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Chromosomes
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] An introduction to chromosomes.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: Chromosomes O Logy Card
Flip this interactive card to start learning about chromosomes, tiny, spaghetti-like packages of information. Answer multiple-choice and fact-or-fiction questions and review some fast facts about chromosomes.
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: Types of Chromosomes
Discusses the functions of chromosomes, features of their structure, and different types of chromosomes.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Secrets of the X Chromosome
The sequence of DNA that we inherit from our parents encodes directions for making our cells and giving us specific traits. Robin Ball explains how the secret lies in X chromosome inactivation.
National Health Museum
Access Excellence: Human Chromosomes
This map from Access Excellence shows human chromosome pairs. The site includes a short description of chromosome structure, staining of chromosomes and karyotypes.
University of Utah
University of Utah: Learning Center: learn.genetics: Scientists Read Chromosomes
Find out how scientists read human chromosomes using three features: size, banding pattern, and centromere position.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe Biology: Chromosomes and Human Heredity: Self Check Quiz
Try these five self-checking quiz questions over chromosomes and human heredity. Click on the hints to see information about each questiion.
Palomar Community College District
Pc: Flashcards for Human Sex Chromosome Abnormalities
A good way to review facts related to sex chromosome abnormalities. Use these helpful flashcards for a test review.
Palomar Community College District
Human Chromosomal Abnormalities (Tutorial)
A self paced tutorial covering chromosomal testing and the many types of conditions resulting from chromosome abnormalities.
Indiana University
Ensi: Comparison of Human: Chimpanzee Chromosomes Lesson
This is a great lesson plan that combines Karoytypes and evolution. Students will recognize that the chromosomes of chimpanzees and humans are remarkably similar, then correlate that to their evolutionary relationship.
University of Utah
University of Utah: Genetic Science Learning Center: Examples of Unbalanced Chromosomal Arrangements
Learn about disorders caused by a deletion of DNA from one of the chromosomes. This article explains causes, inheritance, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of Cri-du-Chat Syndrome and Williams Syndrome.
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Dna From the Beginning: Chromosome Mapping
Alfred Sturtevant will describe his gene mapping research with fruit flies. This animated explanation will show how he bred fruit flies to determine the proximity of genes.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Chromosomal Disorders
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Some children are born with genetic defects that are not carried by a single gene. Instead, an error in a larger part of the chromosome or even in an entire...
Scientific American
Scientific American: Mapping Chromosome 21
This site has all kinds of information about current events on the decoding of the human genome, and specifically chromosome 21. This research will be helpful in identifying the root of common Down Syndrome complications.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia and the Philadelphia Chromosome
Read this passage and study the graphic to complete the five-question quiz related to the Chronic myelogenous leukemia and Philadelphia Chromosome.
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies
Mocomi: What Is a Chromosome?
Defines chromosomes, what they are made of, their structure, different types, and chromatids.
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