Physical Anthropology Web Resources

Demography and Health, Evolution, Genetics, Growth, Medical Anthropology, Paleoanthropology, Primates, Skeletal Biology

 

 

Genetics

Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=OMIM
This is the site for information on inherited disorders.

MendelWeb
http://www.mendelweb.org/
A complete site on Mendel and Mendelian genetics. There is a glossary, a bibliography, recent journal articles and lots more.

Genetic lesson plans
http://www.kumc.edu/gec/lessons.html
Interesting lesson plans, especially those on bioethics and the Human Genome Project

Genlink
http://www.genlink.wustl.edu/
It is a database resource for human genetics and telomere research.

Human Genome Project

The Human Genome Project
http://www.ornl.gov/TechResources/Human_Genome/home.html
This is a complete site for information about the project, including the percent completion of sequencing. It also considers ethical issues.

The Genome Database
http://gdbWWW.gdb.org/
This site is for sequence searching. It is great if you want to explore a particular human chromosome.

The University of Kansas Genetic Education Center
http://www.kumc.edu/gec/
A full resource for the Human Genome Project, including glossary, available resources, and ethical and legal implications.

Population genetics

Random Genetic Drift
http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/genetic-drift.html
Text by Laurence Moran

Evolutionary Genetics
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/~ucbhdjm/courses/b242/timetab.html
Lecture notes from James Mallet and Kevin Fowler, University College London

Population Genetics
http://www.zoology.ubc.ca/~whitlock/bio434/LectureNotes/
Lecture notes of Michael Whitlock, University of British Colombia

The Human Biology Project
http://www.biology.arizona.edu/default.html

http://www.biology.arizona.edu/human_bio/problem_sets/human_genetics/human_genetics.html (genetics problems sets)
An excellent site featuring modules on cell biology, immunology, genetics, development and others.

 

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