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University of Arizona

University of Arizona: Sex Linked Inheritance Set 2

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, provided by The University of Arizona, gives a good set of genetics problems that involve sex-linked genes. Great to review what you know! Links are provided to access the various subjects covered in this problem set.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Sex Linked Inheritance

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] What determines if a baby is a male or female? Recall that you have 23 pairs of chromosomes-and one of those pairs is the sex chromosomes. Everyone has two sex...
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University of Arizona

University of Arizona: Sex Linked Inheritance

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the University of Arizona provides great information on a sex-linked inheritance problem set. This is a very good site to practice what you know about sex-linked problems. Each link is a problem.
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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Dna From the Beginning: Chromosomes Carry Genes

For Students 9th - 10th
Thomas Hunt Morgan will explain the research he did to determine that some traits are linked to the sex of an individual.
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National Institutes of Health

National Center for Biotechnology Information: Education

For Students 9th - 10th
This link has many tools to help understand the revolutionary sciences and discoveries in genetics.
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Other

Human Genome Sequencing Center (Baylor College of Med)

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource presents information about the human genome sequencing project and has links to other genome projects besides the Human Genome Project.
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BBC

Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Cell Division

For Students 9th - 10th
Chromosomes carry genetic information in a molecule called DNA. A type of cell division called mitosis ensures that when a cell divides each new cell produced has the same genetic information. Links to a video and a test are provided.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Genetic Disorders

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Some human genetic disorders are also X-linked or Y-linked, which means the faulty gene is carried on these sex chromosomes. Other genetic disorders are carried on...