Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO)

General information on two common GMOs can be found through the links below:

Herbicide Resistant Oil Seed Rape
http://www.gmo-safety.eu/news/569.genetically-modified-oilseed-rape-canada-taking-stock-ten-years-cultivation.html

http://www.orpheusweb.co.uk/john.rose/foerape.html

Insect Resistant Maize
http://www.gmo-safety.eu/basic-info/129.bacterial-arsenal-combat-chewing-insects.html

http://www.aces.uiuc.edu/vista/html_pubs/biotech/insect.htm

Central Dogma of Protein Synthesis

I came across these two videos on transcription and translation today while preparing for classes and I thought it pretty interesting especially to note how fast things are happening in real time.

Gene Therapy for Cystic Fibrosis

I was looking through the net and came across this very interesting and interactive tool to help with understanding the problem with finding a cure for cystic fibrosis using gene technology.

Go ahead and try it!

http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/tech/genetherapy/cysticfibrosis/index.html

Gene Technology Slides

Mission Inheritance

Hey everyone! Here are the links to some very interesting interactive inheritance missions to drive home the lesson on the Mendelian crosses. Enjoy!

http://library.thinkquest.org/10231/high/m1/index.html

 http://library.thinkquest.org/10231/high/m2/index.html

 http://library.thinkquest.org/10231/high/m3/index.html

http://library.thinkquest.org/10231/high/m4/index.html

DNA Structure

This animation is to help us understand the DNA Structure better and I find it helpful as it is interactive.

http://www.johnkyrk.com/DNAanatomy.html

Speaking of being interactive, I found this link to be very interesting as it puts together the history of the discovery of the DNA structure as well.

http://www.dnai.org/index.htm