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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Dna From the Beginning: Genes Come in Pairs

For Students 9th - 10th
This animated lesson will explain how genes are inherited in pairs, one from the mother and one from the father.
Handout
Nature Research

Scitable: Population and Quantitative Genetics

For Students 9th - 10th
Do you know the difference between population genetics and quantitative genetics? This webpage examines both population genetics which concentrates on frequencies of alleles and genotypes and quantitative genetics which deals with the...
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The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry

Abpi: Genes and Inheritance

For Students 9th - 10th
A complete, student-paced lesson on genetics and inheritance. Students work their way through illustrations and animated tutorials, and answer review questions along the way. There is a self-checking quiz at the end of the lesson.
eBook
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Multiple Alleles, Incomplete Dominance, and Codominance

For Students 9th - 10th
In the real world, genes often come in many versions (alleles). Alleles aren't always fully dominant or recessive to one another, but may instead display codominance or incomplete dominance.
Interactive
Other

University of Connecticut: Genetic Drift

For Students 9th - 10th
A Java simulation of genetic drift where users can select a starting allele frequency, population size, and a maximum number of generations. Simulation gives a graph that shows allele frequency versus generation number.
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Soft Schools

Soft Schools: Mendelian and Molecular Genetics Quiz

For Students 9th - 10th
Take this interactive quiz over Mendelian and molecular genetics, then review your score and any missed questions at the end.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Episd: Mendel's Laws and Genetics

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Explore the genetics research conducted by biologist Gregor Mendel and understand the significance of alleles on genes.
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University of Arizona

The Biology Project: Genetic Drift: An Explanation

For Students 9th - 10th
This explanation of genetic drift is straightforward and easy to understand. Illustrations are provided to help visual learners
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Estrella Mountain Community College

Estrella Mountian College: Introduction to Genetics

For Students 9th - 10th
This site explains genetic beliefs before and after Mendel, and also includes a section on Mendel himself and his experiments, entitled, "The Monk and his Peas".
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Palomar Community College District

Palomar College: Mendels' Genetics

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Palomar College provides a good background on exactly what Mendel did. Vocabulary links throughout make this a very good introduction article for genetics.
Interactive
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Modern Genetics

For Students 9th - 10th
Try your hand at mating dragons to learn about genetic recombination, meiosis, and inherited traits. Understand how chromosomes separate in meiosis with a science animation. Then change alleles for the dragons to see what happens to...
eBook
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Allele Frequency & the Gene Pool

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how to find allele frequency and how it's different from genotype frequency.
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Genetic Probably

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Activity Overview Use the SciTools App to simulate a Punnett square. Make predictions about genetic crosses. Learn about the following concepts; genes, alleles, dominant alleles, recessive alleles, homozygous individuals, heterozygous...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: 13.11 Molecular Genetics Overview

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn genetics and inheritance works on a molecular level.
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BBC

Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Genetic Inheritance

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on genetic inheritance including defining key terms such as chromosomes, alleles, DNA, genes, genome, and more. Links to a video and a test are provided.
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Palomar Community College District

Palomar College: Practice Quiz for Mendelian Genetics

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Palomar College provides an online practice quiz includes history as well as some of the genetics. Includes feedback. A great learning and practice site.
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BBC

Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Genetic Inheritance Aqa

For Students 9th - 10th
Our genes are inherited from our parents, and the different combinations of these genes make us unique. Genetic inheritance controls the characteristics of all living things. This lesson focuses on the inheritance of biological sex in...
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New York University

Population Size and Genetic Drift: Lecture Notes

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a college level lecture on genetic drift, complete with mathmatic formulae, includes special links.
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BBC

Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Genetic Inheritance Aqa

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on genetic key terms; it defines them and explains what they do. It provides links to a video and a test.
Unit Plan
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Dna From the Beginning: Some Genes Are Dominant

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the principle of dominance as you watch animations showing Mendel's experiments with pea plants. Find out what happened when he crossed plants that produced green seeds with those that produced yellow seeds.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Population Genetics

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Introduction to macroevolution, microevolution, and population genetics.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Variations on Mendel's Laws (Overview)

For Students 9th - 10th
Article reviews Mendel's basic model of inheritance then provides an overview of variations on Mendel's laws, including multiple alleles, incomplete dominance, co-dominance, pleiotropy, lethal alleles, sex linkage, genetic interactions,...
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Other

University of Illinois: Population Genetics [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the University of Illinois at Chicago provides an in-depth article on Human Genetics, with a focus on primarily population genetics. The article is factual and informative full of charts, formulas, and extensive text. A...
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Other

Univ. Of Connecticut: Hardy Weinberg Principle and Estimating Allele Frequencies

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the University of Connecticut is Kent Holsinger's site on The Hardy-Weinberg Principle. A great site to check out on the subject, with links to additional information, including: derivation of the Hardy-Weinberg Principle,...