MOVING GENESCARRIERS OF GENESIMPROVING SHELF LIFEFIND OUT MOREPlant crops provide us with food, clothing, and many other important products. Farmers select seeds from the best plants to grow…
(Encyclopedia) Hall, Jeffrey Connor, 1945–, American geneticist, b. Brooklyn, N.Y., Ph.D. Univ. of Washington, Seattle, 1971. Hall was a professor at Brandeis Univ. from 1974 to 2008; he also taught…
Why do I have brown eyes? The genes we inherit from our parents determine things like height, looks, hair color, eye color and chemical makeup. This passing of characteristics from parent to child…
(Encyclopedia) Rosbash, Michael Morris, 1944–, American geneticist, b. Kansas City, Mo., Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1970. Rosbash has been a professor at Brandeis Univ. since 1974,…
Source: National Education Association (NEA). Web: www.nea.org/readacross/resources/catalist.html . This list was compiled from an online survey by the NEA in 2007. See also Kids' Top 100 Favorite…
Blood Types and GeneticsAnatomy and PhysiologyThe Circulatory SystemCells, Bells!Blood Types and GeneticsNow I Know My WBCs Crash Cart Not all of genetics is so simple. Although some traits (…
WHERE DO SEX CELLS FORM? HOW DOES AN EMBRYO FORM? WHERE DOES THE EMBRYO DEVELOP? HEREDITYFIND OUT MORENew life is created by reproduction. The mother and father produce sex cells, which join to…
MicroevolutionMicroevolution and MacroevolutionIntroductionMicroevolutionSpeciationMacroevolution Microevolution is the change in the genome, or gene pool, for a given species in a relatively short…
WHAT IS GENETIC VARIATION? HOW CAN WE MANIPULATE GENES? GM FOODCLONESSTEM CELLSFIND OUT MOREGenetic engineering is the manipulation of genes of living things. Scientists can now insert genes from…
