Amoeba Sisters
DNA Replication (Updated)
Explore the steps of DNA replication, the enzymes involved, and the difference between the leading and lagging strand! This video is an update from our old DNA replication video with nearly the same script but added detail and improved...
Curated Video
GCSE Biology - What is DNA? (Structure and Function of DNA) #65
This video covers: - The structure of DNA - What nucleotides are - Complementary base pairing - How genes code for proteins - The functions of proteins Exam board specific info: (probably useful for everyone though) AQA - Separate/triple...
Other
Southern Methodist University: Animated Molecules
QuickTime movies and images of many different molecules including DNA, RNA, histones, nucleosomes, etc. Includes links to publications for more info on each molecule.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Dna
Learn about deoxyribonucleic acid. Get an overview of DNA bases, complementary base pairing, and the structure of the double helix. [13:02]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Dna
Learn about deoxyribonucleic acid. Get an overview of DNA bases, complementary base pairing, and the structure of the double helix. [13:02]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Antiparallel Structure of Dna Strands
Learn about the antiparallel structure of DNA strands which can by 5 feet to 3 feet directionality. [9:57]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Biology: Dna
A detailed introduction to dioxyribonucleic acid, otherwise known as DNA. [28:05]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Biology: Chromosomes, Chromatids and Chromatin
An explanation of how DNA produces proteins and makes copies of itself. [18:23]
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Hhmi: Biointeractive: The Chemical Structure of Dna
Learn how the chemical properties of the DNA molecule determine its structure and function in this video. [2:45]
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Hhmi: Bio Interactive: Great Discoveries in Science: The Double Helix
The Double Helix is the story of the scientists and evidence involved in one of the most important scientific quests of the 20th century: the discovery of the structure of DNA. [16:53]
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Hhmi: Bio Interactive: Watson Constructing Base Pair Models
See James Watson reenact his discovery of the base pairs that form the double helix structure of the DNA molecule. [1:42]
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Hhmi: Biointeractive: Building Blocks of Dna
A brief introduction to the four building blocks of DNA. [0:25]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Molecular Structure of Dna
Learn the molecular structure of DNA including the nucleotide, nitrogenous base, and phosphate. [13:00]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Molecular Structure of Dna
Look at the molecular structure of DNA. Investigate nucleotides, nitrogenous bases, and phosphates. [13:00]
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Hhmi: Biointeractive: Dna: Dna Packaging
This narrated animation allows the learner to understand how six feet of DNA can be tightly packed to fit inside the nucleus of every human cell. [1:43]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Women in Stem: Prejudice and Progress: Decoding Watson
Explore Rosalind Franklin's legacy as a pioneering woman in STEM in this media gallery from the American Masters film Decoding Watson. Biologists and historians of science examine the prejudices Franklin faced, how the climate in...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: American Masters Collection: James Watson
This is a three video collection about the discovery of DNA structure and function, how it was discovered, and how it works.
Other
University of California: Visualizing the Similarity of Human and Chimp Dna
A video that shows the similarities and dissimilarities between human's and chimpanzee's DNA by examining the DNA sequence code. [2:14]
University of Virginia
Uva Virtual Lab: Dna (Big Picture)
Enhance studies of DNA with these video clips illustrating the structure of the hereditary material. Be sure to check the second page, too, to see the 3D models.
Crash Course
Crash Course Biology #10: Dna Structure and Replication
Hank introduces us to that wondrous molecule deoxyribonucleic acid - also known as DNA - and explains how it replicates itself in our cells. [12:59]
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: James Watson: Studio Session
In 1953, James Watson and Francis Crick pieced together the structure of DNA the now-famous double helix. To celebrate the release of a new annotated and illustrated edition of his 1968 book, The Double Helix, James Watson reflects on...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Antiparallel Structure of Dna Strands
DNA is composed of two strands of nucleotides held together by hydrogen bonding. The strands each run from 5' to 3' and run in antiparallel, or opposite, directions from one another. [9:57]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Molecular Genetics: Antiparallel Structure of Dna Strands
Understand how DNA is composed of two strands of nucleotides held together by hydrogen bonding and see the strands each run in antiparallel directions from one another. [9:56]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Molecular Genetics: Molecular Structure of Dna
Discover the molecular structure of DNA: nucleotide, nitrogenous base, and phosphate. [13:00]