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DNA, the molecular basis for inheritance. Each strand of DNA is a chain of nucleotides, matching each other in the center to form what look like rungs on a twisted ladder.
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A Punnett square depicting a cross between two pea plants heterozygous for purple (B) and white (b) blossoms.
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In the News . . .

• Genome Study Points to Adaptation in Early African-Americans -- New York Times (02 January 2012)
  
  
• Genes Play Major Role in Primate Social Behavior, Study Finds -- New York Times (19 December 2011)
  
  
• Breathing Life Into an Extinct Ethnicity -- Nature (14 October 2011)
  
  
• We're All Mutants: The Average Human Has 60 New Genetic Mutations -- Live Science (16 June 2011)
  
  
• Human Mutation Rate Slower Than Thought -- ScienceNews (13 June 2011)
  
  
• The Human Genome Project Was Just the Starting Point -- Guardian (21 April 2011)

• ALFRED: The Allele FREquency Database -- Kenneth K Kidd, Yale University
  
  
• basic principles -- Dennis O'Neil (tutorial)
  
  
• biological basis of heredity -- Dennis O'Neil (tutorial) Human Genome
  
  
• Council for Responsible Genetics
  
  
• Genes, Health and Society -- BioEd Online
  
  
• Genetics: The Symphony of Life -- University of Michigan
  
  
• Basic Genetics related glossaries -- babylon
  
  
• Evolution's Footprints in Human Genome Precisely Tracked Using New Approach -- ScienceDaily (08 January 2010-01)
  
  
• Exploring Genes & Genetic Disorders
  
  
• FDA -- U.S. Food and Drug Administration
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• Good Samaritans Influenced by Genes -- Telegraph (09 February 2011)
  
  
• Genetics -- nature.com
  
  
• Genetics & Heredity -- BioSciEdNet (BEN)
  
  
• Human Genome Project Education Resources
  
  
• Human Male: Still A Work In Progress -- Jon Hamilton, npr (13 January 2010)
  
  
• Is Being a Goody Two-Shoes in Your Genes? -- NewScientist (10 November 2010)
  
  
• "Jumping Genes" Make Each Person Unique: Study -- Reuters (24 June 2010)
  
  
• The Human Phenome Project -- New York Times (08 June 2010) [Francis Galton]
  
  
• Introduction to Genetics -- GlaxoSmithKline
  
  
• Learn.Genetics -- Genetic Science Learning Center, University of Utah
  
  
• 'Liberal Gene' Discovered by Scientists -- Telegraph (28 October 2010)
  
  
• Mate Selection More Biologically Determined in Some Human Populations -- EurekAlert (11 September 2010)
  
  
• Mendelian Genetics -- Science at a Distance, John Blamire
  
  
• National Center for Biotechnology Information
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• Primer on Molecular Genetics -- Denise Casey, Department of Energy
  
  
• Primer on Probability -- Robert Merritt, Smith College
  
  
• Public Library of Science
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• Silencing Genomes -- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
  
  
• Understanding Genetics -- San Jose Tech Museum of Innovation
  
  
• Where Does the Myth of a Gene for Things Like Intelligence Come From? -- Guardian (09 September 2010)
  
  
• Why Do People 'Play the Longshot' and Buy Insurance? It's in Our Genes -- EurekAlert (11 January 2010)