Resources for an Introduction to Genomics [1]
General Background
- Molecular Biology: Major Concepts and Learning Activities [2] reviews background concepts for understanding genomics and suggests introductory minds-on learning activities. Recommended activities to prepare your students for Discovering the Genome include:
- Understanding the Functions of Proteins and DNA [3]
- DNA [4]
- DNA Structure Function and Replication [5]
- Transcription and Translation – From Gene to Protein – hands-on [6] or analysis and discussion [7]
- The Molecular Biology of Mutations and Muscular Dystrophy [8]
- Mitosis – How Each New Cell Gets a Complete Set of Genes [9] (including student understanding of DNA, genes, alleles and chromosomes)
- Meiosis and Fertilization – How Genes Are Inherited [10]
- Genetics – Major Concepts and Learning Activities [11]recommends an integrated sequence of activities to help students understand how genes influence phenotypic characteristics and how genes are transmitted from parents to offspring.
- Help Me Understand Genetics [12], published by the National Institutes of Health U.S. National Library of Medicine, provides a medically related genetics/genomics primer.
Genomics Glossaries
- Discovering the Genome Glossary [13]
- Genome News Network Genome Glossary [14]
- National Center for Biotechnology Information Genome Glossary [15]
- National Human Genome Research Institute Talking Glossary of Genetic Terms [16]
- The Wellcome Genome Campus YourGenome.org Glossary [17]
- US Dept of Energy Genome Glossary [18]
Human Genome Project Background
- Timeline of the Human Genome: https://unlockinglifescode.org/timeline?tid=4 [19]
- About the Human Genome Project: https://www.genome.gov/25019879 [20]
Course Materials
- Discovering the Genome Course Modules: http://www.DiscoveringTheGenome.org/discovering-genome [21]
- GeneEd at NIH: https://geneed.nlm.nih.gov/specialty.php?spageID=2 [22]
- Genome: Unlocking Life's Code: https://unlockinglifescode.org/learn/curriculum [23]
- Molecular Biology: Major Concepts and Learning Activities [2] reviews background concepts and introductory minds-on learning activities.
- Teaching the Genome Generation: https://www.jax.org/education-and-learning/high-school-students-and-undergraduates/teaching-the-genome-generation# [24]
Videos
- Discovering the Genome YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdtJrIFNz0LbNTym3GrOxwA [25]
- YourGenome.org: http://www.yourgenome.org/videos [26]
Genomics Databases
- Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD): http://www.boldsystems.org/ [27]
- NCBI database of genes: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene [28]
- OMIM database: http://www.omim.org/ [29]
- Plasmodium genomic database: http://plasmoDB.org [30]
- Genome database for Toxoplasma: http://toxodb.org/toxo/showXmlDataContent.do?name=XmlQuestions.About [31]