Unit 3-Genetics

Chi-Square Practice Problems #1

Chi-Square Practice Problems #2

Pedigree Analysis

Polytene Chromosomes of Drosophila




Chapter 13 Presentation-Meiosis and Sexual Life Cycles




Crossing Over Animation

Recombination of UNLINKED Genes Due to Independent Assortment Animation

Recombination of LINKED Genes Due to Crossing Over Animation

Recombination of LINKED Genes Due to Crossing Over Animation II

Meiosis Animation

Meiosis Animation II

Meiosis I Nondisjunction

Meiosis II Nondisjunction






Chapter 14 Presentation-Mendel and the Gene Idea


Complete Dominance Animation

Recessive Allele Animation


For information on How to Work With Drosophila follow the link. This information will be valuable to you while performing your fruit-fly lab.





Chapter 15 Presentation-The Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance


X-Linkied Inheritance Animation

Determining The Correct Gene Order Animation

DNA Inversion

Meiotic DNA Inversion

Reciprocal Translocation

Meiotic Reciprocal Translocation



Chapter 16 Presentation-The Molecular Basis of Inheritance




Nucleotide Polymerization by DNA Polymerase

Overview of DNA Replication

DNA Mutations

Molecular Level DNA Mutations

DNA Repair

DNA Synthesis Animation





Chapter 17 Presentation-Frome Gene to Protein


The Three Steps of Translation

Translation and Peptide-Bond Formation

Overview of mRNA Processing

Overview of Eukaryotic Gene Expression

Bacterial Transcription
You don't have to be concerned with the details associated with the drag and drop features of this animation, just look at the big picture and see how this process occurs.

Bacterial Translation

Molecular Level DNA Mutations

DNA Mutations

DNA Mutations II

DNA Mutation--Nonsense and its Affect on Phenotype

Complete Dominance Animation Notice the DNA to RNA to Protein theme here; tie it into what you learned earlier in the year.

Recessive Allele Animation Notice the DNA to RNA to Protein theme here as well, and again try to tie it into what you've learned earlier in the year.




Chapter 18 Presentation-The Genetics of Viruses and Bacteria


The following links will assist you in your basic understanding of the operon:


Bacterial Conjugation Animation

Plasmid Cloning Animation

Hfr Animation



A good interactive tutorial regarding the lac operon
The
lac operon with NO CAP/cAMP explanation
The
lac operon including explanations of CAP and cAMP
The
lac operon including explanations of CAP and cAMP along with a quiz
The
lac operon from the W.H. Freeman website accompanying the Griffiths Text
The
lac operon from the W.H. Freeman website accompanying the Pierce Text
The
lac operon from the Sumanasinc website
The
trp operon from the W.H. Freeman website
Repression with and without inducers along with a quiz
Protein synthesis and quiz
mRNA synthesis and quiz




Chapter 19 Presentation-Eukaryotic Genomes: Organization, Regulation, and Evolution


Levels of Chromatin Structure Animation

Dimensional Structure of Nuclear Chromosomes



Chapter 20 Presentation-DNA Technology and Genomics


Dideoxy Sequencing Method of DNA

PCR Gene Amplification

RFLP Analysis and Gene Mapping

RFLP Analysis and Gene Detection



Chapter 21 Presentation-The Genetic Basis of Development