Connect to the Internet, type www.yahoo.com
Click on the Science category.
Click on Biology in the 1st column, then choose Genetics.
Click on the ninth listing, "Gene School, The".
What year was this site created? ______________
What is the purpose of this site? ______________________________________
Find Out More About Genetics:
Click on General Information, then choose Timeline.
 | Who is the "father of genetics"? ______________________ |
| In what year did this person announce his theories of heredity? ___________ |
| Who discovered chromosomes? _____________________ |
| Who made a model of the DNA molecule and proved that genes determine heredity? ___________________________ In what year? ____________ |
| In what year was the first adult animal cloned and what was its name? ___________________________ |
Click "Back" and choose Genetic Basics.
| What is the smallest living unit of life? ____________________ |
| What organelle is also known as the "brain" of the cell? __________________ |
| What is the chromosome typically shaped like? ___________________ |
| How many chromosomes do fruit flies have? _______ What about humans? _________ |
| What do genes determine? _______________________________________ |
| DNA is shaped like a coiled ladder called a ___________________. |
| What are the 4 nitrogen bases of DNA? _____________________________ _____________________________________________________________ |
Click on "Next Section".
| What chemical "unzips" DNA in the nucleus? ________________________ |
| What are the four phases of mitosis? ________________________________ |
Click on "Were Watson and Crick Wrong?"
| Who believes the double-helical concept of DNA is wrong? ______________ |
| Which theory do you agree with and why? ___________________________ |
Updated: March 1, 2001