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American Institute of Biological Sciences

Action Bioscience: Mitochondrial Dna Clarifies Human Evolution (2001)

For Students 9th - 10th
DNA of the mitochondria has most commonly been used to construct evolutionary trees. New field of population genetics hopes to resolve important questions in migration theories that involve Aboriginies in Australia, North America, and...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Biomedical Engineering and the Human Body

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Human beings are fascinating and complex living organisms-a symphony of different functional systems working in concert. Through a 10-lesson series with hands-on activities students are introduced to seven systems of the human...
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National Human Genome Research Institute

National Human Genome Research Institute

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the home page of the head agency overseeing the Human Genome Project.
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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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Other

American Society of Human Genetics: Careers in Genetics

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides descriptions of the training and career options for professionals in the field of genetics.
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Other

Human Genetics Multifactorial Inheritance

For Students 9th - 10th
On this University of Illinois at Chicago site you can get the importance of multifactorial inheritance, and numerous models to help illustrate the idea. There is a summary at the bottom for review, and an address to send questions to...
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Georgetown University

Georgetown Univ.: Scope Note 24, Human Gene Therapy

For Students 9th - 10th
Georgetown University site with a lengthy article on many aspects of gene therapy. Includes background and historical information and numerous resources on the topic. Focus here is on the ethics of these types of therapies.
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BiologyWise

Biology Wise: Genetic Mutations in Humans

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses common mutations that occur in the human population and describes the many different types of genetic mutations and their impact.
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Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: Human Inheritance

For Students 9th - 10th
This illustrated article describes the difference between a genetic trait and a genetic disease/disorder.
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BBC

Bbc Mundo: Decodificando a La Humanidad Del Adn

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about DNA and decoding the human genome by clicking graphical DNA models. You can also review a timeline that shows important moments in human genetics research. In Spanish.
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University of Utah

University of Utah: Learn Genetics: Genes and Blood Type

For Students 9th - 10th
For a concise summary of human blood types, this is a great resource. Discussion includes the topics of genotype, phenotype and agglutinins. There is also a nice pictorial table that summarizes the three blood types.
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University of Utah

University of Utah: Learning Center: learn.genetics: Scientists Read Chromosomes

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out how scientists read human chromosomes using three features: size, banding pattern, and centromere position.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Human Genome Project

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] A person's genome is all of his or her genetic information. In other words, the human genome is all the information that makes us human. Learn more about the human...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Gallery: Human Ancestors

For Students 9th - 10th
A gallery of information about our human ancestors. Explore this page to find the genetic differences and similarities between humans and other species.
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BiologyWise

Biology Wise: A Detailed List of Human Races

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the four broad categories of human races in the world, their geographical origins, and their sub-types. Also discusses the difficulties of tracing all branches of a race throughout human history, which is even more so today...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: 3.19 Human Genome

For Students 9th - 10th
See how the human genome project sequenced all 3 billion bases that make up our DNA and identified within this code more than 20,000 human genes.
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fate of Human Societies

For Students 9th - 10th
Read an excerpt from the Pulitzer Prize winning book "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fate of Human Societies" by Jared Mason Diamond. This book discusses why Eurasian civilizations have survived and conquered others while refuting the idea...
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Lesson Plan
National Health Museum

Nhm: Restriction Maps to Cladograms Lesson

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson plan requires young scholars to analyze DNA restriction maps to determine the differences in the sequence for several primates and humans. They then use the information to create a cladogram.
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Ornl: Genomics and Its Impact on Science

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Human Genome Project for the Oak Ridge National Laboratory is the index page for chapters which include an introduction to genes, the mapping sequence of genes, and the impact and future of the Human Genome Project.
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OneWorld UK

One World: Tiki the Penguin: Genetic Engineering: Whose Genes?

For Students 3rd - 8th
Come along with Tiki the Penguin as he discovers what makes you a human or him a penguin! This site details some of the major issues relative to genetics - such as genetic engineering - in a way that is interesting and relevant to kids.
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National Human Genome Research Institute

National Human Genome Research Institute: Talking Glossary: Allele

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource provides an audio explanation as well as a written definition of what an allele is. Includes illustration as well.
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University of Arizona

The Biology Project: Human Biology: New Methods for Karyotyping

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the findings from the scientific group from the National Center for Human Genome Research, which published a modification to traditional karyotyping that permits rapid identification of chromosomal alterations.
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Ornl: Genetics Privacy and Legislation

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource outlines issues related to genetic information and technologies derived from the Human Genome Project. Government policy, legislation and discrimination issues are highlighted.
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National Human Genome Research Institute

National Human Genome Research Institute: Talking Glossary: Genotype

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource provides a definition of "genotype" and a detailed audio explanation of the term, and links to related terms.

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