This animation describes Gregor Mendel's experiment as presented in his Experiments in Plant Hybridization (1865). The animation
illustrates the visible patterns of characteristics which emerged in successive generations of pea plants, along with Mendel's mathematical
analysis. (
http://www.mendel-museum.org/eng/1online/experiment.htm
)
This web lab has five sections that are accessible through the "Sections" button in the lower left-hand corner of the screen. You can
explore the entire web lab by clicking through or can jump to specific sections by using the menu. Each section is described below. Throughout the web lab
you can roll your cursor over red italicized words to see their definitions. These definitions also appear in the glossary at the end of these
instructions. (
http://www2.edc.org/weblabs/Mendel/mendelInstructions.html
)
Java Genetics is an interactive problem set on Mendellian genetics intended for students taking High School Biology. (
http://www.execulink.com/~ekimmel/mendel1a.htm
)
Click on the animation to study the basics of independent assortment of chromosomes. (
http://www.csuchico.edu/~jbell/Biol207/animations/assortment.html
)
This web site provides information on how to order and grow Fast Plants. It also provides hands on activities for your students. This web
site supports Investigation 17.A: Testing the Law of Segregation. (
http://www.fastplants.org/
)
This interactive web site provides a comprehensive look at Mendellian genetics and beyond. It includes animations, galleries,
audio-visuals, problems, and links. (
http://www.dnaftb.org/dnaftb/1/concept/
)
This web site provides students with basic information on genetics. It includes animations as well as online
glossary. (
http://www.mhhe.com/biosci/esp/2001_gbio/default.htm#ok
)
Click on the animation to study the basics of independent assortment of genes. (
http://www.sumanasinc.com/webcontent/anisamples/majorsbiology/independentassortment.html
)
This text-based web site provides an overview and illustrations of many of the concepts presented in Chapter 17. (
http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/BIOBK/BioBookgeninteract.html
)
This is an interactive Flash lesson of genetics and Punnett squares. Use your knowledge of dominant and recessive alleles to bread albino
lemming online using one and latter two traits. (
http://www2.edc.org/weblabs/Punnett/punnettsquares.html
)
Use this interactive Punnett squares to work with examples of probability in genetics: parents and children. Select the highlighted
"Punnett Squares" link to learn more on how genes combine. (
http://www.athro.com/evo/gen/punexam.html
)
This text based web site provides information and a number of examples to reinforce the concept of gene mapping. (
http://www.cod.edu/people/faculty/fancher/genetics/LinkageMapping.htm
)
This text based web site allows students to explore the relationship between genes and blood types. (
http://gslc.genetics.utah.edu/units/basics/blood/
)
This web site provides problem sets for monohybrid, dihybrid, and sex-linked traits. (
http://www.biology.arizona.edu/mendelian_genetics/mendelian_genetics.html
)
This web site provides animations on meiosis, non-disjunction, and crossing over. (
http://www.tokyo-med.ac.jp/genet/mfi-e.htm
)
Page 611 The Newfoundland Pony is a breed of horse that arose during the history of settlement in Newfoundland. What horses are part of the genetic heritage of this breed? What environmental factors influenced the development of this breed? What factors led to its decline, and what is its current population?
Consult this comprehensive source of information about the Newfoundland pony, developed by the official body charged with its protection
and preservation. (
http://www.newfoundlandpony.com/
)
This site provides an overview of the breed, its history, and the activities that spawned the Newfoundland Pony
Society. (
http://www.equiworld.net/uk/horsecare/Breeds/newfoundlandpony/
)
The Government of Newfoundland & Labrador has put together an extensive set of factsheets detailing the history, care, and reproduction of
the province's first heritage animal. (
http://www.nr.gov.nl.ca/agric/fact_pubs/nfpony.stm
)