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Scitable: Gene Expression and Regulation

For Students 9th - 10th
Investigate gene expression with this collection of resources that explains how DNA is expressed to make RNA, how genes are turned "on" and "off", and what must occur for transcription to happen. The webpage explores gene expression by...
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Nature Education: Scitable: Essentials of Cell Biology

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Explains how cells send and receive signals. Includes a quiz that can be completed after free registration.
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Scitable: Gene Inheritance and Transmission

For Students 9th - 10th
Get an in-depth look at gene inheritance and transmission with this webpage. This site explores genetics beyond Mendel and his peas. Investigate transmission genetics with the following topics gene linkage, variation in gene expression,...
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Scitable: Evolutionary Genetics

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of articles on evolutionary genetics focusing on the topics of phylogenetics, mutation and molecular population genetics, the genetics of speciation, genome evolution, and evolution and development. Learn how to read a...
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Scitable: Population and Quantitative Genetics

For Students 9th - 10th
Do you know the difference between population genetics and quantitative genetics? This webpage examines both population genetics which concentrates on frequencies of alleles and genotypes and quantitative genetics which deals with the...
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Scitable: Nucleic Acid Structure and Function

For Students 9th - 10th
Get an in-depth look at the importance of DNA with this library of information on nucleic acid structure and function. Understand the structure and function of DNA by exploring topics in the chemical structure of DNA, organization of DNA...
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Scitable: Genetics and Society

For Students 9th - 10th
Get an in-depth look at the ethical, legal, and social implications genetic technologies have on society. Explore the ethical considerations that genetics has on our society with the advances in genetically-tailored treatments, genetic...
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Scitable: Genes and Disease

For Students 9th - 10th
Investigate the genetic contributions to human diseases such as polydactyly, spina bifida, and cancer. Study the genetics of monogenic diseases, chromosomal diseases, and multifactorial with articles that explain the genetics...
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Scitable: Genomics

For Students 9th - 10th
Get an in-depth look at the genome which includes all genes, regulatory sequences, and other information found in noncoding regions of DNA. Articles on webpage explores the large amount of information available about genes and DNA...
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Scitable: Chromosomes and Cytogenetics

For Students 9th - 10th
A library of information on chromosomes and their role in heredity. Articles found on the website study chromosome structure, chromosome composition, chromosome abnormalities, roles that chromosome plays in sex determination, and changes...
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Nature News and Comment: Ancient Migration: Coming to America

For Students 9th - 10th
A May, 2012 news feature from Nature magazine looks again at early migration theories that brought man across the Arctic to America. Was Clovis man really the earliest?
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Nature Education: Energy Economics in Ecosystems

For Students 9th - 10th
This article discusses how plants and microorganisms, until recently, have mostly controlled how much carbon dioxide is released into an ecosystem, and explains how this process works. Humans' burning of fossil fuels has upset the...
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Nature: Online Video Streaming Archive

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of video articles about current events having to do with nature. Each video features a science topic in the news.
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Nature: The Nitrogen Cycle: Processes, Players, and Human Impact

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out how nitrogen is cycled throughout the biosphere as it passes through the nitrogen cycle. Learn about the biotic and abiotic factors involved in the process as well as the implications of human activity on the nitrogen cycle.
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Nature Education: Scitable: Cell Energy and Cell Functions

For Students 9th - 10th
An excerpt from the eBook, "Essentials of Cell Biology, Unit 1.2." Text and illustrations allow for deeper understanding of cells.
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News @ Nature: Flores Man

For Students 9th - 10th
Site from News @ Nature provides the story of the remarkable discovery on the Island of Flores, Flores Man. See a great picture of the skull and read explanations and reflections from the leading palaeoanthropologists on the dig.
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Nature: Insects Tapped for Better Rubber

For Students 9th - 10th
Resilins remarkable properties are outlined in the article. This rubbery proteins resilience, its relation to insects, and future medical uses are discussed.
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Scitable: Complexity of Gene Expression, and Cell Differentiation

For Students 9th - 10th
An article describing cell complexity by examining the process of cell differentiation, regulation of gene expression by DNA, and the role of proteins in cell differentiation and systems biology. Each topic is discussed with details and...
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Nature Education: Studying and Projecting Climate Change

For Students 9th - 10th
A model organizes what we think we know about something in order to predict how it might behave in the present, future, or past as well as how it might respond to external influence. Models are especially useful when direct, controlled...