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A Hypermedia Glossary of Genetic Terms
http://www.weihenstephan.de/~schlind/genglos.html
A fairly bare-bones web site that features readable definitions to the technical language of genetics.

A Question of Genes: Inherited Risk
http://www.pbs.org/gene/
Explores the social, ethical and emotional consequences of genetic cloning. Includes a teacher's guide. From PBS.

Beyond Discovery, Designer Seeds
http://www.beyonddiscovery.org/beyond/beyonddiscovery.nsf/web/seeds?OpenDocument
Explains how and why scientists create genetically engineered plants, particularly those resistant to herbicides, pests, and diseases. Note: one of the sponsors of this site is a chemical company.

Cat Fanciers: Color Genetics
http://www.fanciers.com/other-faqs/color-genetics.html
Explains the genes behind cat coat colors including: whites, Siamese and Burmese, Abbyssinian, bicolors, and tricolors.

Discovering Genetics
http://library.thinkquest.org/03oct/00737/
Includes animated clips, lessons and quizes about genetics and heredity.

DNA from the Beginning
http://www.dnaftb.org/
Information and pictures about classical genetics, molecules of genetics, and genetic organization and control.

DNA: The Instruction Manual for All Life
http://www.thetech.org/exhibits_events/online/genome/
An online exhibit from the Tech Museum of Innovation that explains how DNA works and what its job is

Do Your Genes Drive You to Drink?
http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/on-line/genetics/
The genetics, history, societal influences, and opinions about alcoholism.

Fugue No. 9: E Major
http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~tas3/wtc/i09.html
Interactive Director movie comparing a fugue by Johann Sebastian Bach to the structure of DNA.

Gene CRC -- For Kids Only
http://www.genecrc.org/site/ko/index_ko.htm
Even young children can learn about genetics through cartoon instruction and interactive games. Games require Flash.

Genetic Engineering
http://library.thinkquest.org/J003090/
Science, history, ethics, definitions, and the pros and cons of genetic engineering. Thinkquest site.

Genetic Science Learning Center
http://gslc.genetics.utah.edu/
How does genetics affect our lives? Online activities, labs, experiments, and workshops for students, teens, and all others curious about genetics.

Genetically Modified Crops
http://www.geocities.com/gm_crops
What kids say about genetic engineering and modification of food. Includes a quiz, pro and con links, and a forum. By Ogilvie High School, Tasmania, Australia.

Mendelian Genetics
http://web.mit.edu/esgbio/www/mg/mgdir.html
Online text book with an introduction and chapters dealing with sex-linkage, pedigrees, and meiosis and genetic recombination .

Mission Drosophila
http://library.thinkquest.org/10231/
Done in the style of "Mission Impossible," this Thinkquest site gives numerous hands on manipulations students can use to learn about basic genetics.

OLogy: The Gene Scene
http://ology.amnh.org/genetics/index.html
Defines genetics, explains DNA, discusses cloning, and looks at genetic engineering. Includes activities.

Right Handed DNA Hall of Fame
http://www.lecb.ncifcrf.gov/~toms/RightHanded.DNA.html
Artistic pictures of right-handed DNA. Includes a left-handed hall of fame and other genetics links.

The DNA Village
http://hometown.aol.com/dnavillage/dnavillage.html
A full tutorial about DNA, including structure, research, technology, and interesting stories.

The Gmissues Web Site
http://www.gmissues.org/
Explains the ecological and social effects of genetically modified crop plants. This is an English site so terminology may be British.

What Can Our Chromosomes Tell Us?
http://gslc.genetics.utah.edu/units/disorders/karyotype/
Interactive karyotyping activity, in which you can determine if different individuals have specific genetic diseases or not.

Whose Genes?
http://www.oneworld.net/penguin/genetics/home.html
Guide to genetic engineering. What is it? Should you be worried? Is it okay? Is it for need or for greed?

Your Genes Your Choices
http://ehrweb.aaas.org/ehr/books/
Describes basic genetics as well as the legal, social, and ethical implications of increasing genetic knowledge.

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