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A Hypermedia Glossary of Genetic Terms  - http://www.weihenstephan.de/~schlind/genglos.html  A fairly bare-bones web site that features readable definitions to the technical language of genetics.  Your Genes Your Choices  - http://ehrweb.aaas.org/ehr/books/  Describes basic genetics as well as the legal, social, and ethical implications of increasing genetic knowledge.  A Question of Genes: Inherited Risk  - http://www.pbs.org/gene/  Explores the social, ethical and emotional consequences of genetic cloning. Includes a teacher's guide. From PBS.  Cat Fanciers: Color Genetics  - http://www.fanciers.com/other-faqs/color-genetics.html  Explains the genes behind cat coat colors including: whites, Siamese and Burmese, Abbyssinian, bicolors, and tricolors.  Gene CRC -- For Kids Only  - http://www.genecrc.org/site/ko/index_ko.htm  Even young children can learn about genetics through cartoon instruction and interactive games. Games require Flash.  The DNA Village  - http://hometown.aol.com/dnavillage/dnavillage.html  A full tutorial about DNA, including structure, research, technology, and interesting stories.  DNA: The Instruction Manual for All Life  - http://www.thetech.org/exhibits_events/online/genome/  An online exhibit from the Tech Museum of Innovation that explains how DNA works and what its job is  OLogy: The Gene Scene  - http://ology.amnh.org/genetics/index.html  Defines genetics, explains DNA, discusses cloning, and looks at genetic engineering. Includes activities.  DNA from the Beginning  - http://www.dnaftb.org/  Information and pictures about classical genetics, molecules of genetics, and genetic organization and control.  Right Handed DNA Hall of Fame  - http://www.lecb.ncifcrf.gov/~toms/RightHanded.DNA.html  Artistic pictures of right-handed DNA. Includes a left-handed hall of fame and other genetics links.  Genetic Science Learning Center  - http://gslc.genetics.utah.edu/  How does genetics affect our lives? Online activities, labs, experiments, and workshops for students, teens, and all others curious about genetics.  Fugue No. 9: E Major  - http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~tas3/wtc/i09.html  Interactive Director movie comparing a fugue by Johann Sebastian Bach to the structure of DNA.  What Can Our Chromosomes Tell Us?  - http://gslc.genetics.utah.edu/units/disorders/karyotype/  Interactive karyotyping activity, in which you can determine if different individuals have specific genetic diseases or not.  Mendelian Genetics  - http://web.mit.edu/esgbio/www/mg/mgdir.html  Online text book with an introduction and chapters dealing with sex-linkage, pedigrees, and meiosis and genetic recombination .  Genetically Modified Crops  - http://www.geocities.com/gm_crops  What kids say about genetic engineering and modification of food. Includes a quiz, pro and con links, and a forum. By Ogilvie High School, Tasmania, Australia.  Do Your Genes Drive You to Drink?  - http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/on-line/genetics/  The genetics, history, societal influences, and opinions about alcoholism.  Discovering Genetics  - http://library.thinkquest.org/03oct/00737/  Includes animated clips, lessons and quizes about genetics and heredity.  Beyond Discovery, Designer Seeds  - http://www.beyonddiscovery.org/content/view.article.asp?a=167  Explains how and why scientists create genetically engineered plants, particularly those resistant to herbicides, pests, and diseases. Note: one of the sponsors of this site is a chemical company.  DNAlmaniac  - http://www.vltavastudios.com/dna/  Contains information on DNA structure, heredity, genetic farming, gene therapy, and Dolly the sheep.  Whose Genes?  - http://tiki.oneworld.net/penguin/genetics/home.html  Guide to genetic engineering. What is it? Should you be worried? Is it okay? Is it for need or for greed?