Lecture Resources

This page contains multiple links that will provide information, explanations, problems and even simulations relevant to the topics covered in lecture. The page provides explanations of the content of each linked site which are organized by topic and within each topic ranked by their ease of navigation and relevance and detail of the information they contain. This way you will always find the more complete sites first in the list within each topic. Links with problems and animations for all topics can be found in the problems and animations section.

Organized By Topic || Sites with Problems, Simulations, or Animations

General Sites
Word Documents to Download
Regulation of Gene Expression
Mendelian Genetics (including recombination in eukaryotes and prokaryotes)
Mutations (point mutations and chromosomal mutations)
Allele and Gene Interactions
Population Genetics
Evolutionary Genetics

General Sites [back to top]

• A searchable website for the contents of the textbook Modern Genetic Analysis
  Part of the NCBI site, a national resource for molecular biology information
  contents are exhaustive and informative
   
• A genetics page with links to resources including problems, explanations, animations, and simulations
  Kansas State University
  problems are particularly useful
   
• A section of the US Human Genome Research Institute site that links to a number of useful online Genetics resources for review
  many of the links are interactive, tutorial style and have animations
   
• John Kimball's online biology textbook with introductory material on DNA/RNA structure and gene expression (transcription/translation) that provides a review of basic material covered in BISC110
  go to the Table of Contents and select topics that you wish to review

Word Documents to Download [back to top]

• An Introduction to Basic Cell and Molecular Biology
   
• Dogma Debunked

Regulation of Gene Expression [back to top]

• Eukaryotic Gene Expression Problem Set
  Nucleic Acids Problem Set
  Problem sets for testing your basic understanding of gene structure and function
   
• Brief overview of comparison between principles of gene control in prokaryotes and eukaryotes
  Michael W. King - Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, IU School of Medicine
   
• Summary of prokaryote vs. eukaryote gene expression
  SUNY – College of Environmental Science and Forestry
   
• Basic principles of protein synthesis (translation)
  Michael W. King - Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, IU School of Medicine
   
• A collection of published diagrams illustrating the fundamentals of molecular genetics
  National Health Museum
   
• A beautifully produced, animated series of slides depicting the stages in gene expression
  UCLA
   
• Tutorial on binding of molecules to DNA and the control of genes
  The College of Saint Benedict/St. John’s University
   
• Diagrams of and information on DNA, histones, nucleosomes, higher-order chromatin structure and histone acetylation
  Dmitry Pruss – a chemistry professor in russian academia
   
• A brief introduction to RNA interference as a concept in silencing gene expression
  University of Miami

Mendelian Genetics (including recombination in eukaryotes and prokaryotes) [back to top]

• Four Mendelian genetics quizzes with tutorials explaining incorrect answers
  University of Arizona
   
• Text about Mendelian genetics organized in an outline format, includes questions to practice identifying types of inheritance
  MIT
   
• An easy to navigate Mendelian genetics information site with study questions (no answer key)
  North Dakota State University
   
• Text and simple graphics explaining crossing over and genetic recombination in meiosis
  A Harvard and Tufts professor’s web version of his Biology textbook
   
• Information about recombination with key words linked to a glossary
  Palomar College, San Marcos, California
   
• Important concepts and terms from a biology textbook chapter titled “Mendel and the Gene Idea”
  Ohio State University
  very broad and full of content that covers more than just mendelian genetics, you might want to come back to this one later on
   
• Mendel’s 1865 paper and lots of supporting material
  Site assembled by a Brown professor of computer science and education
   
• Homologous recombination info with key words linked to further information
  Oklahoma State University
   
• A little bit of information about Mendel and his work
  Biopoint, a company that develops educational web content

Mutations (point mutations and chromosomal mutations) [back to top]

• A page about mutations with a clickable index at the top and key words linked to more information
  A Harvard and Tufts professor’s web version of his Biology textbook
   
• A bulleted list of key concepts related to chromosome mutations
  Part of an online version of the textbook Modern Genetic Analysis
   
• Information about visible chromosomal mutations organized in an outline with links to images or animations illustrating each topic
  University of Virginia
   
• Two paragraphs about the detection of point mutations
  University of Graz, Austria
   
• A couple of paragraphs about methods of detecting single point mutations
  University of Graz, Austria
   
• An outline of a lecture on chromosome mutation
  Illinois State University
   
• A table of known human prion point mutations with supplemental text
  A Mad Cow Disease website maintained by the Sperling Biomedical Foundation
   
• The abstract of an article on screening for point mutations
  Journal of Human Genetics

Allele and Gene Interactions [back to top]

• A page of text, images, and tables about gene interactions
  North Dakota State University
   
• A page of information about epistasis
  Florida State University
   
• An incomplete dominance quiz with hint buttons for each question
  Kansas State University
   
• A definition of epistasis with two sample questions and answers
  San Diego State University
   
• An article (and blog responses) about an experiment using brain gene suppression in monkeys
  FuturePundit, a blog discussing future technological trends and their likely effects on human society, politics and evolution
   
• A long page of information about epistasis, polygenes, penetrance, expressivity and cytoplasmic inheritance
  A sample page from a computerized genetics course package
   
• Two questions and answer explanations about incomplete dominance and codominance
  Glenbrook North High School, Illinois
  

Population Genetics [back to top]

• A visually appealing introduction to population genetics with sub-sections images, tables, and equations
  National Biological Information Infrastructure, a government site
   
• A set of pages with information about population genetics
  Part of a website for a course on human biology, University of Virginia
   
• A page of information about population genetics and migratory butterflies with key words linked to a glossary
  University of Kansas Entomology Program
  good background review (Theories in Evolution and Population Genetics) and interesting example taken directly from the primary literature
   
• 11 java applets demonstrating principles of population genetics and one for population ecology
  University of Connecticut
  applets may not work in Safari, try another browser
   
• Information about a project to collect DNA samples from all over the world and trace how humans evolved and spread across the planet
  National Geographic
  an application of population genetics to human evolution, check the Population Genetics section within the Genetics Overview
   
• A long page of text titled, “Population Genetics Made Simple”
  University of North Carolina
   
• Text and a few images about population variability
  North Dakota State University
   
• Downloadable simulations of genetic drift, selection, and migration
  University of Oulu, Finland

Evolutionary Genetics [back to top]

• Over 100 detailed definitions of evolutionary genetics terms in alphabetical order
  GeoData Institute, a University-based research and consultancy group which specializes in environmental data management
   
• A page of lecture notes on evolutionary genetics
  New York University
  explanation of Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium of null hypothesis can be useful