Crash Course
Crash Course Biology #9: Heredity
Hank and his brother John discuss heredity via the gross example of relative ear wax moistness. [10:18]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Heredity and Genetics: Genetics 101 Part 4: What Are Phenotypes?
Discover how your observable traits, or phenotypes, are the result of interactions between your genes and environment.
Untamed Science
Untamed Science: Biology: Genetics
Learn about the contributions of Gregor Mendel to genetics. [1:21]
Scholastic
Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: The Human Body: Heredity
Animated video, with an accompanying quiz, explains what heredity is and how it works.
Crash Course
Crash Course History of Science #25: Genetics Lost and Found
Sometimes trailblazers of science aren't famous like Darwin or Pasteur. Sometimes they're humble Abbots, just growing peas in the back of their Abbey. This is the story of Gregor Mendel and how his work was done, lost, then found again....
Crash Course
Crash Course History of Science #23: Eugenics and Francis Galton
After Darwin introduced the world to the science of evolution, his cousin put his own spin on these theories. Francis Galton decided natural selection could be used to make the human race "better" and came up with Eugenics which led to...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Alleles and Genes
A gene as a stretch of DNA on a chromosome. Alleles as versions (sequence variants) of a gene. [8:18]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Thomas Hunt Morgan and Fruit Flies
Thomas Hunt Morgan's pioneering fruit fly work that helped validate the chromosomal theory of inheritance.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Genetics: Lesson 3
This lesson will introduce genetics, and explore the role of DNA in inheritance. It is 3 of 6 in the series titled "Genetics."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Genetics: Lesson 4
This lesson will introduce genetics, and explore the role of DNA in inheritance. It is 4 of 6 in the series titled "Genetics."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Law of Independent Assortment: Lesson 1
This lesson will introduce the Law of Independent Assortment and explain how traits are inherited independently of each other. It is 1 of 4 in the series titled "Law of Independent Assortment."