Genetics Links

• ABO Blood Types and Parentage -- This site discusses the genetics of ABO blood types.
• Color Blindness -- A description of the genetic and physiological basis of colorblindness.
• Cytogenetics Gallery -- Site has many photographs of karyotypes from different genetic abnormalities.
• Dolly the Sheep, 1996-2003 -- Read the story of Dolly, the first large mammal clone.
• DOEgenomes.org -- U.S. NIH and DOE partner on this comprehensive Human Genome Project site.
• The Gene School -- Resource for all areas of genetics, including experiments and exercises.
• Genetic/Rare Conditions -- A list of known genetic defects, complete with description.
• Genetically Modified Yeast -- News article from Purdue University on the development of genetically modified yeast.
• Genovations -- This company is involved with "predictive genomics". . the analysis of a person's genome to predict certain diseases.
• The Fertility Center of California - Sex Pre-Selection -- This fertility center has methods to increase the chances of selecting sperm of a particular sex
• Fragile X Syndrome -- A description of this genetic disease.
• Genetic Engineering Home Page -- The Church of Scotland's Society, Religion and Technology Project site dealing with ethical considerations of biotechnology.
• Genetics education center -- A comprehensive web site containing resources for genetics and the Human Genome Project. . designed especially for educators.
• Human Genome Project -- One of the official government websites for the massive Human Genome Project.
• MendelWeb Homepage -- Everything you always wanted to know about Gregor Mendel . .
• Molecular Evolution & Organelle Genomics -- This site contains databases of gene sequences. It also has a protist image database
• Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids -- This is the original paper on the structure of DNA published by Watson & Crick in 1953.
• National Center for Biotechnology Information -- This powerful website contains a library of virtually all known genome research information, including the very powerful BLAST search engine which is used to identify matching gene sequences to an unknown sequence.
• National Human Genome Research Institute -- This branch of the National Institute of Health is central source for research information concerning Human Genome research.
• Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man -- NCBI's web site which is an excellent authoritative reference for human genetics.
• Pedro's BioMolecular Research Tools -- Doing a research paper on a biotechnology topic? This site can lead you to many valuable references in biomolecular research.
• "Searching the Y chromosome" -- Article in the HHMI bulletin showing that the Y chromosome may contain more than just a gene for sex determination.
• Tay-Sachs Disease -- Information sheet.
• TIGR Microbial Database -- The Institute for Genomic Research's comprehensive database of microbial genomes.
• Transgenic Crops -- Colorado State University website which summarizes our current state of knowledge concerning genetically altered crop plants.
• Understanding Gene Testing