1.Basics
2. Animations
3. Ancient DNA
4. Forensics
5. Fun Stuff
6. The Human Genome Project
7. Resources and References
8. Journal Links
An article from Businessweek with some helpful
definitions.
http://www.businessweek.com/1997/10/b35174.htm
I your mind likes analogy this is a great site. Learn
about the structure of DNA and just how big the genome is for humans and other
organisms. Includes an interesting reference section and a history of DNA
research at the end.
http://www.cbs.dtu.dk/dave/roanoke/bio101ch10c.htm#DNA
is like Coke
Genetic basics from a biochemistry slant.
http://gslc.genetics.utah.edu/
Set up for secondary school students there is some
interesting information here. Try the quiz to test your knowledge.
http://library.advanced.org/28599
Lots of great information including kitchen electrophoresis
and DNA extraction. Also find out how DNA makes a firefly glow.
http://gslc.genetics.utah.edu/basic/index.html
This an excellent reference for the structure and
function of DNA. The journal Science reports that author J. Kimball updates the
site fanatically, so all the latest developments in science will be available. http://www.ultranet.com/~jkimball/BiologyPages
This textual description should be used in conjunction
with the PCR animation (see ANIMATION LINK)
http://falcon.cc.ukans.edu/~jbrown/pcr.html
Includes a discussion of genetic and a useful glossary
of terms.
www.hhmi.org/GeneticTrail
A very interesting page from I linked into from Svante
Paabo’s home page.
http://vector.cshl.org/dnaftb/31/problems/
This site
features animations and is especially helpful in understanding PCR.
http://vector.cshl.org/resources/BiologyAnimationLibrary.htm
Excellent site with lots of useful and interesting
links.
http://www.comic.sbg.ac.at/staff/jan/ancient/titel.htm
A nice paper by Cann et al. on origins.
http://artsci.wustl.edu/~landc/html/cann/
This site includes a brief discussion of aDNA but even
more interesting the school which offers advanced degrees in Ancient DNA (this
is rare).
http://phoenix.jr2.ox.ac.uk/CGG/ancdna.html
Who says molecular biologists are no fun?
http://hem.spray.se/gother/sida1.html
A paper by
Hofreiter et al from Nature May 2001examines the study and DNA and its many
difficulties.
http://www.eva.mpg.de/genetics/HofreiterAncDNA_NatRev2001.pdf
Very helpful for forensics.
http://www.kruglaw.com/f_dna.htm
The ultimate
site for forensic junkies.
http://www.forensic.gov.uk/forensic/entry.htm
Neat site
with lots of weird and wonderful things. Send a DNA-o-gram to your friends
http://dna2z.com/a2z/
This site provides informative .pdf files including a
dictionary of genetic terms. Also available Powerpoint slides.
http://www.ornl.gov/hgmis/
An update to
the 1992 Primer on Molecular Genetics produced by the Human Genome Project.
http://www.ornl.gov/hgmis/publicat/tko/index.html
This is a big resource list of links which may help
with projects and papers.
http://www.hoflink.com/~house/MolecularGen.html
Large site of genetic terms, will be a huge asset when
dealing with your first few technical papers.
http://helios.bto.ed.ac.uk/bto/glossary/ab.htm
A brief history of biotech discoveries, including essays
on genetics and DNA research, profiles of influential individuals who have
helped build the biotechnology industry, and time lines.
http://www.accessexcellence.org/AB/BC/
Includes links to the CDC, forensic and evolutionary
DNA.
www.dnafiles.org/resources/index.html
http://archaeology.about.com/msubjnla.htm?once=true&
Since coming under new ownership ArchNet isn’t what it
used to be. However, it still has some useful links.
http://archnet.asu.edu/archnet/
This searchable index lists articles from over 200
refereed journals and has a browseable list of 350 academic journals listed by
discipline or alphabetically. Also listed with search results is an abstract
with information on the author/s and their speciality.
http://www.allacademic.com/
Adobe has provided a search service which locates .pdf
files on the internet. An excellent way to search for articles. BEWARE, not all
hits are acceptable peer reviewed articles.
http://searchpdf.adobe.com/
A more academically minded search tool. Their site
claims that their aim “according to our CEO, David Seuss, is ‘to index and
classify all human knowledge to a unified consistent standard and make it
available to everyone in the world in a single integrated search."
http://www.northernlight.com/
This site was set up by Maxbot.com to search sites
with the .edu suffix. This includes all educational institutions in the States.
While not all information found will be peer reviewed it is likely more
reliable than random web hits. Also includes links to on-line dictionaries,
converters and calculators.
http://www.searchedu.com/
This site’s aim is to help students and teachers alike
evaluate the content of website information. If you have questions about the
validity of information you have run across on the web this site may help you
answer some of those questions.
http://milton.mse.jhu.edu:8001/research/education/net.html
Most
professors in the SFU department of Archaeology insist upon the use of American
Antiquity Referencing Style. While you can still buy a copy from the general
office, the SAA offers an on-line .pdf version updated in 1999.
http://www.saa.org/Publications/Styleguide/styframe.html
Not the best reference for papers but a good launching
point for projects.
http://www.archaeology.org/
Sometimes runs articles on ancient DNA. Also includes
a huge list of other journals you might want to search.
http://www.pnas.org/
Runs a surprising number of articles on ancient DNA.
http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/AJHG/journal/
http://www.idealibrary.com/servlet/toc/jasc
http://www.idealibrary.com/links/toc/jaar
http://genet.annualreviews.org/
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