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Is Inheritance Really All In Our Genes?
Introduce young scholars to epigenetics, the study of the changes in organisms. Viewers learn about investigators at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada who have shown that a father's diet can influence the health and...
Bozeman Science
Genetic Recombination and Gene Mapping
Young scientists explore genetic recombination and gene mapping through analyzing the works of Thomas Hunt Morgan and Alfred Sturtevant. Individuals see how some genes, via fruit flies, can cross over creating greater variation, which...
Bozeman Science
Chromosomal Inheritance
Scholars see, through a monohybrid cross, how alleles are distributed during meiosis. The video instructor then explores Thomas Hunt Morgan's research on fruit flies, determining that genes are located on chromosomes and showing that...
Bozeman Science
Advanced Genetics
The strengths and problems associated with Mendelian genetics are explored in a video that first reviews Mendelian genetics and independent assortment. Viewers then explore problems with Mendelian genetics such as linked genes,...
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Blossoms: The Genetic Basis of Inheritance and Variation
The topic of this video module is genetic basis for variation among humans. The main learning objective is that students will learn the genetic mechanisms that cause variation among humans (parents and children, brothers and sisters) and...
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. [10:40]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Dinosaur Train: Stomp Your Feet!
This Dinosaur Train video will help children foster the understanding of heredity: inheritance and variation of traits. Buddy and Daphne compare how they are similar and different. Included are printable dinosaur fact cards. [0:54]
Penguin Publishing
Penguin Random House: Christopher Paolini Delivers the Inheritance Manuscript
This video of Christopher Paolini shares his discussion about the delivery of the Inheritance manuscript to his editor at Random House.
Penguin Publishing
Penguin Random House: Christopher Paolini Looks Back
This site shares a video of the author, Christopher Paolini, as he takes a look back at how it all began with Eragon, and discusses the conclusion to the series, Inheritance.
Penguin Publishing
Penguin Random House: Christopher Paolini Talks About Vroengard Academy
This site shares an interview with Inheritance's author, Christopher Paolini. In this interview, he talks about Vroengard Academy and what's coming next for the Inheritance cycle.
Penguin Publishing
Penguin Random House: Christopher Paolini's Inheritance Launch
This video shares insights into the background to the book Inheritance by Christopher Paolini. In this interview, he shares information about the fourth and final book in the series.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Science: Biology: Principles of Inheritance and Variation: An Introduction to Mendelian Genetics
An introduction to Mendelian Genetics and inheritance. [5:10]