Great Biology Links  

Asexual Reproduction

1. http://regentsprep.org/Regents/biology/units/reproduction/asexual.cfm

        Basic review of key concepts  

2. http://www.uwc.ca/pearson/biology/asex/asex.htm

        Good pictures of types of asexual reproduction in plants  

3. http://biology.about.com/library/weekly/aa090700a.htm

        Good pictures of asexual reproduction in animals *NOTE: This site has advertisements*  

4. http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/section/reproduc_asexualreproduction.asp

        Good explanations and links to definitions of terms  

5. http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/~simmons/lb4pg7.htm

        More good pictures and text of asexual reproduction in plants

Mitosis and Meiosis

1. http://www.biology.arizona.edu/cell_bio/cell_bio.html

            FABULOUS tutorial and activity!!  This site should clear up any confusion!!

On this page, follow links for “The Cell Cycle and Mitosis” or “Meiosis” Also, is a link to here: http://www.biology.arizona.edu/cell_bio/activities/cell_cycle/cell_cycle.html

This is a highly recommended activity for understanding the cell cycle and mitotic cell division!!!  

2.  http://www.cellsalive.com/mitosis.htm

            Good animation and review  

3. http://www.accessexcellence.org/AB/GG/mitosis.html

            Labeled mitosis diagram.  Makes it easy to see the homologous chromosomes.

3a. http://www.accessexcellence.org/AB/GG/meiosis.html

Labeled meiosis diagram with homologous chromosomes.    

4.  http://biology.nebrwesleyan.edu/benham/mitosis/

            Pictures of mitosis phases, and a quick review  

5. http://www.sci.sdsu.edu/multimedia/mitosis/navigator.html

            Simple mitosis animations, some with text  

6. http://clab.cecil.cc.md.us/faculty/biology1/mitosis.htm

            Interesting mitosis pictures, and a review  

7.  http://tidepool.st.usm.edu/crswr/mitosismov.html

            Good, controllable mitosis animation with text.  

8.  http://www4.ncsu.edu/unity/users/b/bnchorle/www/

            Really good meiosis tutorial  

9.  http://taggart.glg.msu.edu/bs110/meiosis.htm

            Meiosis pictures and review  

10. http://www.csuchico.edu/~jbell/Biol207/animations/meiosis.html

            Good meiosis animation and questions at the end.

Evolution                                  

1)   1.   http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/

FABULOUS, comprehensive site dealing with everything!!!

2)  2.  http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/comdesc/

High-level site with a lot of articles about evidence for evolution

3)  3.  http://school.discovery.com/schooladventures/woollymammoth/

     Fun quiz and information about the Wooly Mammoth and its evolution

4)   4.  http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/data/2002/01/01/html/ft_20020101.1.html

     National geographic article and activity on the evolution of domestic dogs from wolves

5)   5. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/wolves/wolfdog.html

Online quiz about the above article

6)   6.   http://www.darwinfoundation.org/

GREAT site about the Galapagos Islands and the work of the Darwin Foundation

7)   7.   http://www.aboutdarwin.com/

Site about Darwin ’s life

8)   8.   http://www.amnh.org/science/biodiversity/extinction/

         Did humans play a role in the extinction of the great mammals from long ago?

9)   9.  http://www.don-lindsay-archive.org/creation/punk_eek.html

        Interesting info and pictures on punctuated equilibrium

10.  http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/exhibit/introphylo.html

          All about phylogeny

11. http://krupp.wcc.hawaii.edu/BIOL100/present/evolut01/sld023.htm

         Picture of homologous structures with homologous bones highlighted  

12.  http://bioweb.cs.earlham.edu/9-12/evolution/HTML/live.html

       Good study site for evolution topics

13. http://www.niu.edu/pubaffairs/RELEASES/2000/MAR/primate/tree.html

          Picture of evolutionary tree for primates

14. http://wcs.org/

         Wildlife Conservation Society.  Well, I just love this site about saving endangered animals and it links to zoo 

         sites and interesting articles on animals

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