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Subtopic: Genetic Inheritance

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DNA Detective
In this video from QUEST, learn about the issues of ethics and responsibility that are associated with genetic testing.

Collection Developed by: KQED Public Television

9-12
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QuickTime Video

Gel Electrophoresis
This interactive activity from the Dolan DNA Learning Center illustrates the process of gel electrophoresis, in which DNA fragments are separated by size as they migrate at different rates through a gel matrix.

6-12
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Flash Interactive

Gene Control
The development of creatures that appear to have nothing in common is directed by a surprisingly small number of genes. In this video segment, learn about the power of master control genes. Footage from The Secret of Life: "Birth, Sex & Death."

6-12
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Gene Inheritance
Students explore the process of meiosis and how genes, including those that cause disease, are passed from one generation to the next.

6-8 Lesson Plan

Genetics: Tour of the Basics
In this interactive activity from the University of Utah, identify different kinds of genetic traits and how they are passed on from generation to generation. View examples of simple and complex trait inheritance.

6-12 Flash Interactive

Genetic Tool Kit
The shared set of genes for body segments, possessed by all animals, are discussed in this video segment from Evolution: "Great Transformations."

6-12 QuickTime Video

How Cells Divide: Mitosis vs. Meiosis
How exactly does meiosis mix and halve chromosomes? Find out through this feature from NOVA: "18 Ways to Make a Baby," which provides a step-by-step, side-by-side comparison of meiosis and mitosis.

6-12 Flash Interactive

Human Chromosome 2
In this video segment adapted from NOVA: "Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial," learn how modern genetics and molecular biology offer compelling support for evolution. The video features an interview with biologist Ken Miller.

6-12
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Human Genome Project
This video segment from NOVA: "Cracking the Code of Life" looks at the meaning and significance of the effort to decode the human genome.

6-12
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Journey into DNA
Travel deep into the human body to see exactly where your DNA resides. From the NOVA: "Cracking the Code of Life" Web site.

6-12 Flash Interactive

Mendel's Laws of Genetic Inheritance
This interactive activity, adapted from the Dolan DNA Learning Center, uses Punnett squares to illustrate Mendel's laws of inheritance and how a particular gene combination results in a 3-to-1 ratio of dominant-to-recessive traits.

6-12
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Modeling DNA Structure
Students explore the structure of the DNA molecule and begin to understand how chromosomes, genes, and the base pairs, sugars, and phosphates of the DNA molecule are related.

6-8 Lesson Plan

A Mutation Story
This video segment describes the role of the sickle cell gene in natural selection. Footage courtesy of the PBS series Secret of Life: "Accidents of Creation."

6-12 QuickTime Video

One Wrong Letter
This video segment from NOVA: "Cracking the Code of Life" describes the genetics of Tay-Sachs disease.

6-12 QuickTime Video

Sickle vs. Normal Cell
Background image of normal disc-shaped red blood cells from the University of Utah. Inset shows sickled red blood cells, curved and rigid, from the Virginia Medical College.

6-8 JPEG Image

Some Genes Are Dominant
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.

6-12
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Flash Interactive