Links for GENETICS 


 
  •  Biotech primer
  • genomics glossary http://www.genomicglossaries.com/

  • links to more resources:    http://emice.nci.nih.gov/learning_tools/ 

  • Virtual FlyLab site

  • BASIC GENETICS & how to work problems

  • Mitosis & Meiosis

  • Art about Genetics    http://www.gene-sis.net/splash.html 

  • Behavioral Genetics and Ecology

  • Biotech and Genome Research

  • Chromosomes  

  • DNA structure and Replication

  • Environmental Genetics:  Nature/Nurture 

  • Ethics and genes

  • Evolution

  • Karyotypes

  • Molecular Genetics

  • Race and genes

  • sex

  • Transcription  &  Control of Transcription

  • Translation

  • NEWS

  • some recommended recent articles

  • http://www.nytimes.com/pages/science/life/index.html (free registration)

  • http://www.sciencemag.org (Use terminals in library or lab)

  • http://vector.cshl.org/News/NewsIndex.html

  • http://science.bio.org/

  • http://www.eurekalert.org/

  • more

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  • Professional Periodicals

  • Science Magazine (use QueensLibrary terminals)  

  • Proceedings of the Nat. Acad. Sciences

  • Journal of Heredity (use Queens terminals)  

  • Journal of Medical Genetics

  • Genetics

  • Physiological Genomics

  • The famous 2001 genome issues (free access and links to more stuff):

  • The 2002 mosquito and malaria genome issues  

  • http://www.sciencemag.org/feature/data/mosquito/index.shtml 

  • http://www.nature.com/nature/malaria/  (free access through Oct 2002)

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  • Doggie genome  2003 http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/301/5641/1854

  • GM focus issue:  http://www.nature.com/nrg/focus/gm/

  • http://www.nature.com/celldivision/library/index.html (free papers on mitosis)

  • more

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  • Other Reference materials

  • MOLECULAR GENETICS

  • DNA tech  


  • BASIC SOURCES, MOSTLY Mendelian   
  • new from the NIH http://history.nih.gov/exhibits/genetics/ 
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  • Basic Review
  • http://vector.cshl.org/dnaftb/1/concept choose#1—Mendel's experiments
  • free CD http://www.roche.com/home/science/science-gengen/science-gengen-cdrom.htm 
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    • TRANSLATION
    CLASSICS

     

  • RECENT NEWS
  • What Huntington's disease does:  http://www.betterhumans.com/News/news.aspx?articleID=2003-09-242          & 
            &  http://www.biomedcentral.com/news/20031016/01
  • Metagenomes:  sequencing the DNA of entire ecosystems to find out which microscopic crittters are interacting with other species.  http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/21/science/earth/21GENE.html
  • Why clone a rat? http://www.wired.com/news/medtech/0,1286,60580,00.html 
  • Ebola vaccine http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/health/chi-0308070164aug07,1,4026278.story
  • (technical details; choose only if you know something about antibodies) http://www.biomedcentral.com/news/20030807/01

  • how a mutation affects brain function and memory http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/299/5607/639a

  • gene chips help make the connections between genomics and proteonomics http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/25/science/25CELL.html 

  • fight cancer with a probe attached to a drug? http://news-info.wustl.edu/news/casw/taylor.html 

  • gene for big buttox?  http://newsobserver.com/news/triangle/story/1819933p-1818715c.html 

  • it takes two helicases:  http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2002-10/uoia-duf100902.php 

  • gene for microcephaly in Amish people http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/sep2002/nhgri-30.htm 

  • Your own genome on a CD?  http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2002/10/02/national0612EDT0486.DTL 

  • university gets $4.3M for corn genome research http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2002-10/rtsu-na100102.php 
  • researcher says cancer drugs should aim at transcription factors, not protein kinases http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2002-10/ru-wpt100102.php 
  • ribosome research could lead to drugs for bioweapon victims http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2002-09/danl-mmc093002.php 
  • fragile X syndrome and diced siRNA http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2002-09/cshl-nii091702.php 
  • A gene for brain size?  http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/24/health/genetics/24BRAI.html 
  • lateral gene transfer evidence http://www.nature.com/nsu/020923/020923-11.html 
  • the genetics of immunity http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2002-09/nioa-rdp092302.php 
  • gene for embryonic heart development could help to repair diseased hearts http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2002-09/uopm-gtr091902.php 
  • heterozygous carriers of rare Bloom's disease are at increased risk for cancer http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2002-09/hhmi-rdn091802.php 
  • micro-RNAs may be controlling transcription of other genes http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2002-09/osu-ai091702.php 
  • a single gene, *Gp-9*, that helps control how ants perceive pheromones and, thus, recognize queens. http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/short/294/5546/1434
  • Spider Silk . . . from Mammalian Cells http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/short/295/5554/419b
  • complex diseases http://www.sciencemag.org/content/vol296/issue5568/#specialintro 

  • Genetics of Fear http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/short/297/5580/400 showed that people with different versions of a single gene have different patterns of brain activity in response to fear. The gene -- involved in transporting serotonin, a neurotransmitter known to modulate behavior and emotion -- comes in two versions, or alleles: short and long.  When asked to match pictures of frightened or angry faces, the patients with at least one short version of the gene showed greater activity in the amygdala -- a small structure deep in the brain that processes anxiety-related behavior -- than people with two long copies.  also see http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/short/297/5580/319a 

  • Are we wired to cooperate?  http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/23/health/psychology/23COOP.html 
  • The Nature vs Nurture Debate 
  • http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/17/science/social/17PINK.html?pagewanted=all&position=top 
  • http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/15/magazine/15QUESTIONS.html?ex=1033649827&ei=1&en=2089cbeeb6307244 
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  • populations living around natural radiation evolve faster?  http://news.bmn.com/news/story?day=021001&story=2 
  • latest on cancer:  http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/short/297/5588/1837 ;
    13 Sep 2002), meanwhile, focused on the product of the gene *BRCA2*. Mutations in that gene have been associated with increased susceptibility to breast and ovarian cancer -- but just why that should be the case has never been clear. In a tour-de-force of structural biology and biochemistry, Yang et al. provided an answer: the BRCA2 protein product, in its normal operation, is directly involved in repairing broken DNA by the process of homologous recombination -- in which the intact strand of a chromosome pair is used as the template for repair. The researchers demonstrated that the C-terminal domain of BRCA2 c
  • ontains multiple DNA-binding domains; presented in vitro evidence showing that BRCA2 interacts with another protein, RAD51, that's known to participate in homologous recombination; and suggested that BRCA2 helps facilitate the exchange of homologous DNA during recombination. The findings complement a body of recent studies showing that BRCA2 and its related gene product BRCA1 interact with a variety of other genes that collectively protect cells against genome instability. A Perspective by J. H. Wilson and S. J. Elledge
    ( http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/short/297/5588/1822 ) described the study.
  • Gene therapy for hemophilia http://news.bmn.com/news/story?day=021001&story=1 
  • gene chips used to track down a disease http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/press/2002/September/020925B.htm 
  • gene chips with live cells in culture http://news.bmn.com/news/story?day=021004&story=1 
  • faster gene chips http://news.bmn.com/news/story?day=021003&story=1 
  • The mosquito and the malaria genomes  
  • mosquito genome http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2002-10/aaft-mgs092702.php 
  • malaria genome http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2002-10/tifg-sdg093002.php 
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