TED-Ed
Where Do Genes Come From?
No, you didn't get your genes from the local clothing store. Learn where they really come from by watching this video as it explores how the genes found in all plants and animals today have arisen over...
Curated OER
Natural Selection
It's Mr. Anderson, and he's ready to explain natural selection! Be excited, because he has the ability to make scientific biology and genetic functions in terms of natural selection make sense. With great examples and a clear and gentle...
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Blossoms: Making It Personal: Using Dna to Tailor Cancer Treatments
Students learn about the growth of cancer through an analogy of a kitchen with an appliance running out of control. Together, student learners investigate case studies of three patients with lung cancer and determine the cell mutation...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Geneticist Pardis Sabeti
In this video profile adapted from NOVA scienceNOW, learn about geneticist and rock musician Pardis Sabeti, whose innovative insights into natural selection demonstrated how beneficial mutations spread quickly through a population. [5:04]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: From Dna to Protein
This narrated animation schematically shows the process of protein synthesis. [3 min, 24 sec]
CPALMS
Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: Mutations, the Cell Cycle, and Cancer
A video discussing mutations that can be caused by disruption in the cell cycle which could lead to cancer. [5:12]
CPALMS
Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: Cancer
A Khan Academy video that reviews over how mutations can cause uncontrolled cell growth which can lead to cancer. [12:35]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Biology: Natural Selection and the Owl Butterfly
Used as a camoflauging mechanism, learn how the owl butterfly may have gotten its spots. [13:29]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Biology: Variation in a Species
An explanation of genetic variations within a species. [19:51]
University of Utah
University of Utah: Learning Center: learn.genetics: Genetic Variation
Even in species that look alike to us, individuals have variations in their DNA. Learn why this is important. [3:47]
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Hhmi: Bio Interactive: Wing Morph
Through video clips, demonstrations, and inquiry learn how the wing morph functions in the process of evolution. [0:29]
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Hhmi: Bio Interactive: Pocket Mouse Evolution
This simulation shows the spread of a favorable mutation through a population of pocket mice. Even a small selective advantage can lead to a rapid evolution of the population. [1:05]
Sea Studios Foundation
Shape of Life: Matt Scott, Geneticist: How Genes Build Bodies
Matt Scott investigates how genes gave rise to new body plans in this video. His model is the fruit fly and the genes that control how the body is built. Geneticists, like Scott, often look at mutations to find their answers. Scott shows...
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....
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Reproduction and Cell Division: Cancer
An introduction to what cancer is and how it is the by-product of broken DNA replication. [12:36]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Treating Hiv: Antiretroviral Drugs
Visit us (http://www.khanacademy.org/science/healthcare-and-medicine) for health and medicine content or (http://www.khanacademy.org/test-prep/mcat) for MCAT related content. These videos do not provide medical advice and are for...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Mutations: Lesson 1
This lesson will describe what a mutation is and how it can effect the outcome of protein synthesis. It is 1 of 4 in the series titled "Mutations."