genetics: Media

Videos

Study DNA's double helix structure to learn how the organic chemical determines an organism's traits
James Watson and Francis Crick revolutionized the study of genetics when they discovered...
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Learn how DNA thermal cycler employs polymerase chain reaction to copy DNA strands
Specific segments of DNA are amplified (copied) in a laboratory using polymerase...
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Use the Punnett square to track dominant and recessive allele pairings that make up a trait's genotype
This video uses a Punnett square to illustrate how Gregor Mendel determined the way...
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Why are children slightly different from their parents?
Each offspring is a combination of its two parents, receiving some dominant traits...
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How does a robotic pipeline for bacterial genetics help scientists at University College Cork?
A “robotic pipeline” used in bacterial genetics at University College Cork, Cork,...
Video: University College Cork, Ireland (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
What is the field of immunogenomics?
Learn about the immune system and the field of immunogenetics.
Video: HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
Learn about an Australian study on twins to investigate if the singing ability is inherited or environmentally determined
An overview of an Australian study, focused on twins, of the inheritability of singing...
Video: © University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
Know about the classification and treatment of cancers by focusing on the cells genetic pathways
Classifying and treating cancer by focusing on its genetic pathways in cells.
Video: © World Science Festival (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
How biological clocks influence daily behavior
Discussion of biological clocks, including an overview of the suprachiasmatic nucleus,...
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz
Hear research on how the behavior in financial risk-taking comes from genetics
A researcher looking for a genetic component in financial risk taking.
Video: Courtesy of Northwestern University (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
The science of fingerprint analysis in crime solving
Overview of fingerprinting and its use by law enforcement.
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz
Psychiatric disorders and the stigmas associated with them
A discussion of psychiatric (mental) disorders and the stigmas often attached to...
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Learn how Austrian Catholic monk and botanist Gregor Mendel observed properties of heredity
An introduction to Austrian botanist, teacher, and Augustinian prelate Gregor Mendel's...
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Advances in psychiatric research and treatment discussed
A discussion of the advances made in psychiatric research and treatment.
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Images

chromosome
Strands of human chromosomes.
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sex-linked inheritance
Sex-linked inheritance of white eyes in Drosophila flies.
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Recombinant DNA
Steps involved in the engineering of a recombinant DNA molecule.
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How was Dolly cloned?
Dolly the sheep was successfully cloned in 1996 by fusing the nucleus from a mammary-gland...
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Gregor Mendel
Gregor Mendel, c. 1865.
From Mendel's Principles of Heredity, by W. Bateson, 1909
Miescher, Friedrich
Friedrich Miescher.
© Dr. Ralf Dahm/University of Padua, Padua, Italy
Mendel's law of segregation
Cross of a purple-flowered and a white-flowered strain of peas. R stands...
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McClintock, Barbara
Barbara McClintock in the laboratory at Cold Spring Harbor, New York, March 26, 1947.
© American Philosophical Society Library—Barbara McClintock Papers/National Library Of Medicine
initial proposal of DNA structure
The initial proposal of the structure of DNA by James Watson and Francis Crick, which...
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polynucleotide chain of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)
Portion of polynucleotide chain of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). The inset shows the...
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Rosalind Franklin
Rosalind Franklin.
© Ann Ronan Picture Library—World History Archive/age fotostock
polymerase chain reaction
The three-step process of the polymerase chain reaction.
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Meet the tulip tree: More than just beautiful blooms
A nucleotide sequence determined using DNA sequencing technologies.
© Ryan McVay—Photodisc/Getty Images
human genetics
Researchers working in laboratories can determine the genetic composition of an individual's...
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International HapMap Project
The logo of the International HapMap Project.
National Institute of Health
Punnett square diagrams are used to predict all the possible gene combinations that...
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Mendel's law of independent assortment
The example here shows a cross of peas having yellow and smooth seeds with peas having...
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