Genetics

Genetics Project-watch the video (//18 things...)// above, check Chapters 10-13 or just search the web for a possible project on genetics. You must use an electronic medium for this project (ppt, [|Prezi], [|SlideRocket], podcast or other approved program. Your project will be presented to the class (3-5 minutes). You must have at least three sources, of which at least one must be non-internet. The project subject must be approved by me and cannot be done by another class member. The project is due on January 14th.

Some possible topics: Gregor Mendel, Mendel's laws, meiosis, chromosome mapping and karyotyping, plant genetics, recessive genetic disorders, dominant genetic disorders, pedigrees (family trees), complex patterns of inheritance, sex determination, sex-linked traits, twin studies, nondisjunction disorders, fetal testing, DNA, history of the double helix, protein synthesis, gene regulation, mutations, selective breeding, genetic engineering, stem cells, cloning, Human Genome Project, gene therapy, DNA fingerprinting

[|Video: 18 things you should know about genetics]

[|Mendel video]

[|"Secrets of the Romanovs"]

[|Talking Genetics Glossary]

[|Dragon Genetics]

[|How bacteria talk]

[|Cracking the Code of Life]

[|Royal Hemophilia]

[|Mighty Mutation Machine]

[|Regulatory and Epigenetic Landscapes of Mammalian Genomes]

[|Epigenetics]

[|Beyond DNA: Epigenetics]

[|Learn Genetics]

[|Teach Genetics]

[|The Great Sperm Race]

[|The Great Sperm Race Game]

[|DNA Interactive]

[|DNA Animations]

[|Genetic Lessons]

[|Genomics]

[|Human Genome Project Information]

[|Online Mendelian Inheritance]

[|Myths of Human Genetics]

[|Video: "Great Minds: Gregor Mendel"]

[|Cat Myths]

[|DNA Science Blog]

[|Video: "Intro to DNA"]

[|Breast Cancer Screening]