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A General Biology and Molecular & Cell Biology Resource

An Open Educational Resource for Biology

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  • Glossary
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  • Biology Basics
    • Microscopy
    • Units of Measure
      • Pipetting Basics
    • Quantitative Skills
    • Reporting on Science
  • Chemistry
    • Chromatography
    • Water
      • pH
        • pH (Activity)
    • Biologically important Macromolecules
      • Carbohydrates
        • Detection of Carbohydrates (activity)
      • Lipids
      • Proteins
        • Protein detection (activity)
      • Nucleic Acids
        • Nucleic Acids: DNA extraction and Dische’s Diphenylamine test (Activity)
      • Biological Macromolecules (concept)
  • Quantitative Determinations
    • Exploring Beer’s Law (virtual)
    • Quantitative Detection of Protein (activity)
    • Quantitative Detection of Protein (SpectroVis Plus)
    • Enzymes
      • Enzyme Kinetics (activity)
    • Enzyme Kinetics with Spectrovis
  • Osmosis and Diffusion
    • Do Larger Things Diffuse Faster? (Activity)
    • Gummy Bears: Tonicity (Activity)
    • Observing Osmosis (activity)
    • Why are cells small? (activity)
      • Agar Cubes (Preparation)
  • Cellular Energy
    • Fermentation
    • Cell Respiration (concept)
    • Photosynthetic Pigments
    • Absorbance Spectra of Photosynthetic Pigments
    • Photosynthesis (concept)
  • Cell Division
    • Mitosis (activity)
    • Modeling Mitosis and Meiosis (Activity)
    • Chromosomes and Karyotypes
  • Analyzing DNA
    • Restriction Enzymes
    • DNA fingerprinting (RFLP)
    • DNA Replication
      • Cheek Cell DNA Extraction
    • Variable Number Tandem Repeats
      • D1S80 VNTR (genotyping)
    • Propagating DNA in Bacteria
      • DNA miniprep by Alkaline Lysis (activity)
    • Sanger Sequencing of DNA
    • Next Gen Sequencing
  • Genetics
    • Bitter Taste (Activity)
    • Sex-linked Genes
    • Probability and Chi-Square Analysis
    • Non-Mendelian Genetics
    • Hardy-Weinberg & Population Genetics
  • DNA as the genetic material
    • Bacterial Transformation (activity)
  • Gene Expression
    • Prokaryotic Transcription
    • Eukaryotic Transcription
      • RNA miniprep (Activity)
    • Quantitative Nucleic Acid Measurement
  • Tracing Origins
    • Maternal Lineage
      • Maternal Lineage (activity)
    • Transposons
      • Alu Insertion (activity)
  • DNA Barcoding
    • Barcoding (activity)
  • Genetic Modification
    • GMO Food (activity)
  • Protein Production
    • Protein Purification (activity)
  • Bioinformatics
    • Sequence Analysis
    • In silico Restriction Digestion (activity)
    • In Silico PCR
    • Primer-BLAST
    • Morphometric Analysis
    • Sequence Alignment and Tree Building

Genetics

Contents

Modern Study of Genetics

Human variation and diversity: SNPs

Epigenetics: Beyond the DNA

Epigenetics: Environment shaping expression

Additional Resources

  • Mendelian Inheritance http://www.visionlearning.com/en/library/Biology/2/Mendel-and-Inheritance/129
  • Independent Assortment http://www.visionlearning.com/en/library/Biology/2/Mendel-and-Independent-Assortment/145
  • Genetics and Statistical Analysis http://www.nature.com/scitable/topicpage/genetics-and-statistical-analysis-34592
  • Genetic Linkage http://www.nature.com/scitable/topicpage/discovery-and-types-of-genetic-linkage-500
  • DNA as the Genetic Material http://www.nature.com/scitable/topicpage/discovery-of-dna-as-the-hereditary-material-340
  • What is a gene? http://www.nature.com/scitable/topicpage/what-is-a-gene-colinearity-and-transcription-430
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