Topic: Genetics and Heredity
How do organisms come into the world? What changes occur as they develop into adults? How are genetic traits passed on from one generation to the next? How does DNA, with just four bases as building blocks, account for the incredible variety of life? What new discoveries alter how we look at reproduction, disease, crime, and agriculture? Explore these questions and more in this collection of Genetics and Heredity resources.
Resource Highlight
This interactive activity, adapted from the Dolan DNA Learning Center, illustrates how Gregor Mendel used pure-bred yellow and green peas to show that some genes are dominant and others are recessive.
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- Birth, Growth, and Development (15 resources)
- Cell Replication (6)
- Genetic Inheritance (22)
- Human Genetics (65)
- Inherited and Acquired Characteristics (8)
- Mendelian Genetics (18)
- Molecular Mechanisms of DNA (46)
- Parents and Offspring (6)
- Reproduction (19)
- Modeling DNA Structure
- The Human Genome Project
- Reproduction
- DNA Fingerprints
- Exploring Plants
- Birth, Growth, and Development
- DNA Analysis
- Bioengineered Foods?
- Life Cycles of Frogs, Dragonflies, and Butterflies
- The Expression of Genetic Information
- Picky Eaters
- Gene Inheritance
- DNA and Protein Synthesis in the Cell
- Genetic Testing
- Plant Life Cycles
- Molecular Evidence for Evolutionary Relationships
- Ethical Issues in the Human Genome Project
- Inheritance of Genetic Disorders
- Cell Replication
- Risky Genetics
- The Perfect Cow?
- Deadly Letters: The Anthrax Mystery