GEN124 Genetics | Course Guide : Web Resources

• DNA Learning Center  From Cold Spring Harbor's Laboratory
• Genecards   a human gene compendium from the Weizmann Institute of Science
• Genetics Home Reference  Genetics Home Reference is the National Library of Medicine's web site for consumer information about genetic conditions and the genes or chromosomes related to those conditions
• Learn Genetics  Learn Genetics delivers educational materials on genetics, bioscience and health topics. They are designed to be used by students, teachers and members of the public
• Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man  OMIM is a comprehensive, authoritative, and timely compendium of human genes and genetic phenotypes. 
• The Talking Glossary of Genetic Terms
• Understanding Genetics  from the Stanford School of Medicine's Tech Museum. Includes online exhibits, Ask a Geneticist, and Ethics and Issues pages.

• Human Genome Project Gateway to links about the Human Genome Project and genetic diseases.
• Genetics and Rare Disease Information Center A portal to rare disease information and research from the NIH.
• UCSC Genome Bioinformatics Sequencing and annotation data from the University of California Santa Cruz.
• Public Health Genomics Full of genomics and disease prevention resources, from the CDC.
• Bioinformatics Tutorial Series (BITS) From MIT, video tutorials to help you understand research tools for bioinformatics.
• Primer on Molecular Genetics A primer on basic genetics and the science of the Human Genome Project.
• Gene Gateway A collection of guides and tutorials to help you understand molecular genetics.
• Genetics Home Reference Provides consumer-friendly information about the effects of genetic variations on huma health.

• 123 Genomics
• Cytogenetics Gallery
• Dolan DNA Learning Center
• Genomics & Chemical Genetics - Howard Hughes Medical Institute
• Genomics.Energy.Gov
• GOLD: Genomes Online Database
• Human Chromosome Launchpad
• Learn Genetics: Genetic Science Learning Center
• MGI - Mouse Genome Informatics
• NCBI Genome Resource Guides
• PRIMER: Genomics and Its Impact on Science and Society: The Human Genome Project and Beyond (2008)
• Public Health Genomics - CDC
• Talking Glossary of Genetic Terms

• National Human Genome Research Institute
• National Center for Biotechnological Information (NCBI) from National Library of Medicine   (includes GeneBank, Entrez,  Cancer Genome Database, Human Genome Database, etc.) 
• GenBank
• The Genome Database
• Institute Pasteur - Biological Databases
• Genome Statute and Legislation Database - from NHGRI
• Policy, legal and ethical issues in genetic research - from NHGRI
  WHO, ELSI Genetics Regulation Database

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