Wheat Breeding Activity This interactive activity goes through the basic process used in a wheat breeding program. Crossing, genetic variation, selection and elements of DNA technology are discussed within this activity. The material is aimed towards high school or introductory life science undergraduate students.
Plant Breeding Activity This interactive activity goes through the basic process used in a traditional breeding program. Crossing, genetic variation, selection and elements of DNA technology are discussed within this activity. The material is aimed towards high school or introductory life science undergraduate students.
Marker Assisted Selection An animation showing how plant breeding has changed over time, including the use of molecular markers.
Backcross Breeding How the conventional breeding method of backcross breeding is done.
This is the seventh of a series of seven animations that detail the
process of crop genetic engineering. To begin at the beginning, see Overview of Crop Genetic Engineering. (To return to the animation previous to this, go to Gene Gun.)
Cereal Quality
An animation about cereal grain and how how to measure cereal grain quality.
Development of QTL Mapping Populations The objective of this animation is to develop a QTL mapping population for locating and characterizing the genes responsible for resistance to tan spot disease of wheat.
DNA Extraction for Plants This animation shows details on DNA extraction methods for plant material.
Gel Electrophoresis This animation explains how gel electrophoresis works. The affect of fragment size on movement through the gel is demonstrated.
Gel Scoring This interactive animation provides an opportunity to practice scoring an electrophoresis gel.
Genetic Mapping An overview of how genes affect an organism's traits, and how those genes are passed from one generation to the next. Also explains how scientists map locations of genes on chromosomes.
Tyson's pdf File pdf File with Slides from Tyson's talk on June 3 about CSR using Jaz
Overview of Crop Genetic Engineering A general look at the process of crop genetic engineering.
This is the first of a series of seven animations that detail the process of crop genetic engineering. The six lessons after this are DNA and DNA Extraction, Gene Cloning, Gene Regions, Gene Modification, Gene Gun, and Backcross Breeding.
Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) This animation depicts the process of PCR. Each component involved in the process is outlined and described in this animation.
Taqman The Taqman probe detection system used in real time PCR (also known as quantitative PCR) is illustrated in this animation. One application of this method is use in GMO detection.
Clonación de los Genes Una descripción básica de las fases en la clonación de genes. Esta es la tercera de una serie de siete animaciones que detallan el proceso de ingeniería genética de cultivos.
Who Wants to be a Genetic Engineer? This interactive animation invites the viewer to decide and place in order, the steps they would need to take to develop two genetically engineered plants.