Interesting+Information!

Here's a really interesting article on tracing mutations through mitochondrial DNA (mitochondrial DNA is passed on through the mother). It's another different perspective on evolution, and it also looks at genetics.

http://artsci.wustl.edu/~landc/html/cann/

That's really neat Leigh! I found a TED talk that talks about finding that which makes us quintessentially the same through DNA :) He mentions apes like in your article :) []

Here's another TED talk...this time it has to do with biotech. The first half is more about the economy, but then it gets into some really interesting things that they've been able to do with stem cell research and robotics. I can't remember what the groups are, but this might help for the biotechnology part of the genetics unit. Check it out! [] p.s. it is quite funny :D

GLOWING AXOLOTLS <--what are axolotls? super duper awesome animals that are endangered in the wild, but can be bred easily in captivity http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uleb3MlZ4JU This has to do with our Way To Glow lab, and like the E.Coli, these axolotls were implanted with the green fluorescent gene of that jellyfish Enjoy! -Craig

This is also pretty cool...it talks about immortality and if we will be able to achieve it []