Genetics, Mutations, and Food Webs - April 2006
Lecture 21 - Dr. Dennis Hedgecock, Biocomplexity on a Halfshell (College of Exploration Website)

Articles

• When Will We Tame the Oceans? (PDF, 407 KB) - by John Marra, in Nature July 14, 2005: vol. 436
• Should Eastern Oysters Be Put on the Endangered List? (PDF, 85 KB) - by Kate Madin, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, posted Nov. 4, 2005
• Whale Study Links Genetics and Reproductive Success (PDF, 93 KB) - by Wildlife Conservation Society, posted April 24, 2003
• The First Sequenced Extremophile (PDF, 281 KB) - by Sarah DeWeerdt, Genome News Network, posted Feb. 1, 2002

Activities

• Oyster Morphs (PDF, 441 KB)
• Plastic Egg Genetics (PDF, 262 KB)
• Hybrid Oyster Genetics (PDF, 957 KB)
• Toothpick Fish (PDF, 61 KB)
• A Recipe for Fish Traits (PDF, 2.03 MB)
• The Gene Scene (PDF, 11.3 MB)
• Frankenfish: Create Your Own Creature (PDF, 491 KB)
• Peas in a Pod (PDF, 73 KB)
• Mutations & Variation (PDF, 605 KB)
• An Inventory of My Traits (PDF, 174 KB)
• Reebops (PDF, 982 KB)

Extras

• Glossary (PDF, 116 KB)
• Fast Facts (PDF, 41 KB)
• Standards Correlations
• Lecture Activities (PDF, 38 KB)
• WS Activities (PDF, 31 KB)
• Websites (PDF, 145 KB)
• Genetics Cross-disclipinary Learning (PDF, 613 KB)
• Book Resources (PDF, 48 KB)
• Workshop Lecture - Donal Manahan
• Adaptation to Change – D. Manahan (Power Point, 8.48 MB)