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Understanding the Human Genome Project: Online Education Kit - An award-winning, multimedia education kit that includes a film describing the Human Genome Project and an animated video illustrating the basics of molecular biology. (National Human Genome Research Institute)
http://www.nhgri.nih.gov/Pages/EducationKit/
A Science Primer: Bioinformatics - A primer on bioinformatics - the field of science in which biology, computer science, and information technology merge to form a single discipline. (National Center for Biotechnology Information)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/About/primer/bioinformatics.html
A Science Primer: ESTs - A primer on Expressed Sequence Tags (ESTs) - small pieces of DNA sequence (usually 200 to 500 nucleotides long) that are generated by sequencing either one or both ends of an expressed gene. (National Center for Biotechnology Information)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/About/primer/est.html
A Science Primer: Genome Mapping - A primer on genome mapping by the use markers - observable variations that results from an alteration, or mutation, at a single genetic locus. (National Center for Biotechnology Information)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/About/primer/mapping.html
A Science Primer: Microarrays - A primer on microarrays - tools for analyzing gene expression that consists of a small membrane or glass slide containing samples of many genes arranged in a regular pattern. (National Center for Biotechnology Information)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/About/primer/microarrays.html
A Science Primer: Molecular Genetics - A primer on molecular genetics including: the basics of cell organization and cell division, how the genome contains all the biological information that a cell needs, and the different methods scientists are using to obtain and study DNA. (National Center for Biotechnology Information)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/About/primer/genetics.html
A Science Primer: Molecular Modeling - A primer on molecular modeling - methods for identifying a protein's shape, or structure, which is key to understanding its biological function and its role in health and disease. (National Center for Biotechnology Information)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/About/primer/molecularmod.html
A Science Primer: Pharmacogenomics - A primer on pharmacogenomics - the study of all of the many different genes that determine drug behavior, and pharmacogenetics - the study of inherited differences (variation) in drug metabolisim and responses. (National Center for Biotechnology Information)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/About/primer/pharm.html
A Science Primer: Phylogenetics - A primer on phylogentics - how scientists are reconstructing evolutionary pathways using computerized applications. (National Center for Biotechnology Information)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/About/primer/phylo.html
A Science Primer: SNPs - A primer on Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) - small genetic changes or variation that can occur within a person's DNA sequence. (National Center for Biotechnology Information)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/About/primer/snps.html

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