The Internet offers an incredible variety of innovative sites about genetics. Here are a few of our favorites. For links more specifically related to each segment in this show, be sure to visit our Resources section. Have fun exploring!

The Dolan DNA Learning Center
This site produced by the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory offers a fantastic array of games, animated illustrations and learning tools. A must see! Check out these sites:

Genetic Science Learning Center
Excellent information produced by the University of Utah and the Utah Museum of Natural History on:




as well as the following activities:

• Locate a gene on the chromosome map
  Find the puzzle piece "gene" that causes a disorder.
• How are genes named?
  What do scientists do for kicks? They think up clever names for genes -- try it yourself!
• Mutations + circumstances = effects
  Genetics of Deafness
• Not all mutations are alike!
• Virtual lab tour
  Take a tour of a real molecular biology lab!
• What is a mutation?
  Experiment with mutating a gene.
  
  

The Why Files:
This site offers a fun, kid-friendly approach to science. Here's just a few of their genetics-based offerings:

• Cloning
  Read more about Dolly, the cloned sheep.
• Field of Genes
  A survey of agricultural genetic engineering.
• Genetic Technology
  A great overview of genetic science.

Life: A Study of Genetics and Molecular Biology
A site developed by students for students. Learn the nuts and bolts of genetics, atoms, molecules, DNA, chromosomes, cell division, and Mendelism. Meet the leaders in the field and play games like:

• Bloody Madness! - As the doctor in charge of the ER, you must provide your patients with the right types of blood for transfusion. Match donors with recipients before time runs out or there will be fatal consequences!
• Punnet Squares & Pea Crosses - This demonstration lets you cross pea plants Gregor Mendel style and produce offspring that exhibit a variety of traits. Simply pick the genotypes of the parents and the simulation will generate a punnet square for you to display the results of the cross.
• Transcription Demonstration - Using the given DNA base sequence, can you decode the genetic data to make an amino acid chain?
• Linkage Maps - Given recombinance frequencies between genes on a chromosome, create a linkage map. This demonstration makes a fun logic game!

DNA Files
Listen in on nine one-hour documentaries about genetics from National Public Radio. Put yourself in the shoes of researchers, doctors, and patients with fictitious interactive scenarios. Also browse the comprehensive book, video and magazine resource section.

MSNBC Page on Genetics
Links to a glossary of terms, the latest news and a helpful animation illustrating how scientists map DNA.

Human Genome Project Information
Project Information, Publications, Medicine & the New Genetics, News Sources, Educational Resources, Fact Sheets, and Ethical, Legal and Social Issues.

Department of Energy- Primer on Genetics
A guide to the history and goals of the Human Genome Project including:

• Webcasts - Online Audio and Video Presentations
• Videos
• Human Genome Project Science - an overview

The Road to Biotechnology
Check out this detailed timeline - from Charles Darwin to the completion of a "working draft" sequence of the human genome.