Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Heredity and Genetics: Genetics 101 Part 2: What Are Sn Ps?
Learn about the variations in human DNA called SNPs, and how they can be used to understand relationships between people. [2:01]
Amoeba Sisters
Amoeba Sisters: Meiosis
This video will guide students through the process of meiosis. Understand why meiosis is called the reduction division and how it produces unique cells. Also discussed in the video is the differences and similarities between mitosis and...
Bozeman Science
Bozeman Science: Population Variation
Paul Andersen explains the importance of genetic variation within a population. He begins with a discussion of the devil facial tumor that is a form of cancer transferred between Tasmanian devils. He then explains how a decrease in...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Genetic Variation, Gene Flow, and New Species
Learn how genetic variation is the raw material of evolution, and learn how restricted gene flow can lead to the formation of new species. [11:52]
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Hhmi: Bio Interactive: Natural Selection Adaptation
Classroom resources paired with a ten-minute video highlight the groundbreaking research of physical and genetic evolutionary changes in rock pocket mouse populations. [10:31]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Evolution: Genetic Variation, Gene Flow, and New Species
How genetic variation is the raw material of evolution, and how restricted gene flow can lead to the formation of new species. [11:52]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Evolution: Variation in a Species
How variation can be introduced into a species. [19:51]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Test Prep: Mcat: Behavior: Behavior and Genetics: Heritability
Discusses the concept of heritability and how this applies to human intelligence. [6:40]
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Night Vision and Dna
Why do some animals have much better night vision than others? We'll talk about new research tracing the root of improved night vision to the architecture of the DNA inside the photoreceptor rod cells of the animals' eyes.
Bozeman Science
Bozeman Science: Growth & Development of Organisms
Paul Andersen answers the following question: How do organisms grow and develop?
Bozeman Science
Bozeman Science: Mechanisms That Increase Genetic Variation
Paul Andersen describes mechanisms that increase the genetic variation within a population. He begins by discussing how horizontal transfer can move genetic material between bacteria. Transformation, transduction, and conjugation in...
Bozeman Science
Bozeman Science: Chromosomal Genetics
Paul Andersen explains aspects of genetics that were not covered by Gregor Mendel. He begins with the following topics; incomplete dominance, codominance, epistasis, multiple alleles, and multiple genes. He then explains how linked genes...
Bozeman Science
Bozeman Science: Variation of Traits
In this video, Paul Andersen explains how variation is created in a population over time. Variation in offspring is caused by genetic recombination, mutations and environmental effects. Parental DNA is recombined using the process of...
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies
Mocomi: Discovery of Genetics
What is genetics and who discovered it. Watch this short animated video to find out.