Genetic Techniques
- Gel Electrophoresis Virtual LabFind out how and why gel electrophoresis works, and make run your own virtual gel to analyze DNA. A resource from the Genetic Science Learning Center at the University of Utah.
Genetics Websites
The websites below are portals to a wealth of information about genetics, including topics you are covering in your class.
- DNA Learning Center: ResourcesGenetics animations and apps from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
- Genetics, in Scitable by Nature EducationExplore multiple topics within this portal: gene inheritance and transmission, gene expression and regulation, genomics, and more.
- Genetic Science Learning CenterCheck out the virtual PCR and gel electrophoresis labs at this site, plus lots of other interactive genetics resources. A website created by the University of Utah.
Animal Model Websites
- FlyBaseDatabase of everything related to the Drosophila genes and genomes for the serious fly geneticist.
- WormatlasEverything you've ever wanted to know about C. elegans is in this website sponsored by the Albert Einstein School of Medicine. Resources include images, videos, landmark studies of C. elegans, and the "Slidable Worm"!
Fun Websites
- C. elegans Gift ShopCan you believe it?! You can buy a C. elegans image on anything from a teddy bear to iPhone case. The UNT Libraries do not endorse any of these products.
- Science Cookies: Drosophila melanogasterA biological anthropologist, now stay-at-home mom, shows you how to make fly cookies, and other science cookies.
- Thomas Hunt Morgan and His Legacy, NobelPrize.orgBiography and images of Morgan who was awarded the 1933 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his research on Drosophila.
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