Useful Websites
- Fraxa Research Foundation
- Visit this award-winning site of the Fraxa research foundation, a nonprofit, parent-driven organization that supports research into, and education about, fragile X syndrome.
- Genetics Education Center
- Developed by the University of Kansas Medical Center, the Genetics Education Center provides links to various sites of value for educators at many levels with an interest in human genetics and the human genome project. The content areas are: 1. The Human Genome Project. 2. Educational materials and links. 3. Networking.
- The Biology Project: Human Biology
- Links to quizzes concerning the inheritance of blood type (ABO and Rh factor), color blindness (a sex-linked trait), human disorders, pedigree analysis, and more. You can also link to an activity where you interpret the results of karyotyping.
- Linkage Animation
- Animations of linkage and crossing over during meiosis.
- Recombination Animation
- Animations of recombination and crossing over during meiosis.
- Prader-Willi Syndrome
- A brief discussion of Prader-Willi syndrome the expression of which, like Angelman's syndrome, is related to genome imprinting.
- The Prader-Willi Syndrome Association (USA)
- More on Prader-Willi syndrome.
- Mom's eggs execute Dad's mitochondria
- Your mom won't let you inherit mitochondrial genes from your dad.
