Site References

The following references were consulted in preparation of The Geee! in Genome web site.

We Are All Alike

The Tree of Life Web Project: A collaborative Internet project containing information about phylogeny and biodiversity [Online]. David Maddison, Wayne Maddison, and Katja Schulz of the University of Arizona. Last update July 25, 2002. (Web site consulted Mar 4, 2003).
http://tolweb.org/tree/phylogeny.html

About Genomics

A Beginner's Guide to Genomics [Online]. Centre for Integrated Genomics. University of British Columbia. Last update unknown. (Web site consulted Feb 19, 2003; web page found to be no longer available on April 15, 2008).
http://www.cigenomics.bc.ca/eng/resact.htm

Genomics and Society: The Human Genome and Our View of Ourselves [Online]. BioSino. Last update unknown. (Web site consulted Feb 24, 2003).
http://www.biosino.org/hgp/Science-Pbo291(5507)1219.htm

About Genomes

What's a Genome? [Online]. The Genome News Network. Last update unknown. (Web site consulted Feb 24, 2003; new web page address located April 15, 2008).
http://www.genomenewsnetwork.org/resources/whats_a_genome/Chp1_1_1.shtml

A Beginner's Guide to Genome Science [Online]. Centre for Integrated Genomics, British Columbia, Canada. Last update unknown. (Web site consulted March 4, 2003; web page found to be no longer available on April 15, 2008).
http://www.cigenomics.bc.ca/eng/resact.htm

About the Size of Genomes

What Life Form has the Smallest Genome? [Online]. Tiniest chordate genome found by Carol Hoy, Science. USA TODAY. Health and Science. Last update Dec 21, 2001. (Web site consulted Feb 24, 2003).
http://www.usatoday.com/news/science/aaas/2001-12-21-small-gene.htm

What Plant Form has the Smallest Genome? [Online]. Genome Sizes. Last update Oct 9, 2002. (Web site consulted Feb 19, 2003).
http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/G/GenomeSizes.html

Size of Genomes that have been Sequenced [Online]. Expert Reviews in Molecular Medicine. Last update unknown. (Web site consulted Feb 24, 2003).
http://www-ermm.cbcu.cam.ac.uk/dcn/fig002dcn.htm

Genomic Scale Science [Online]. Genomic Biology, National Center for Biotechnology Information. Last update Feb 25, 2003. (Web site consulted Mar4, 2003).
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Genomes/index.html

About the Human Genome

The Genome Database: An international Collaboration in Support of the Human Genome Project [Online]. GDB. Hosted by Hospital of Sick Children, Toronto, ON. Last update Jan 2, 2003. (Web site consulted Feb 24, 2003).
http://gdbwww.gdb.org/

National Human Genome Research Institute [Online]. NHGRI, National Institutes of Health (NIH). Last update unknown. (Web site consulted Feb 24, 2003).
http://www.genome.gov/

Human Genome Project Information [Online]. Last update Feb 5, 2003. (Web site consulted Feb 19, 2003; new web page address located April 15, 2008).
http://www.ornl.gov/sci/TechResources/Human_Genome/home.shtml

Frequently Asked Questions [Online]. Human Genome Project Information. Last update May 8, 2002. (Web site consulted Feb 19, 2003).
http://www.ornl.gov/hgmis/faq/faqs1.html#genetics

About Genomics Research

About Genomics: Frequently Asked Questions [Online]. Genome Canada. Last update unknown. (Web site consulted Mar 4, 2003; web page found to be no longer available on April 15, 2008).
http://207.253.103.203/aboutGenomics/faqCP.asp?l=e

Canada's Innovation Strategy The Canadian Genomics and Proteomics Industry. [Online]. Government of Canada. Last update Dec 17, 2002. (Web site consulted Mar 4, 2003; new web page address located April 22, 2008).
http://www.innovationstrategy.gc.ca/gol/innovation/site.nsf/en/in02578.html

Frontiers in Immunology: Hybridoma Technology [Online]. Immune Central. Immune System Series. Last update unknown. (Web site consulted Mar 4, 2003; web page found to be no longer available on April 15, 2008).
http://www.immunecentral.com/immune-system/iss28.cfm

About Cells

What Is a Cell? [Online]. Cell Biology. Biology & Medicine. Science Net. Last update unknown. (Web site consulted Mar 4, 2003; web page found to be no longer available on April 15, 2008).
http://www.sciencenet.org.uk/database/Biology/Cell_Biology/b00290a.html

All About Cells? What Are Cells? Inside the cell. [Online ]. National Institute of General Medical Sciences. Last update unknown. (Web site consulted Feb 22, 2003; web page found to be no longer available on April 15, 2008).
http://www.nigms.nih.gov/news/science_ed/whatcell.html

How Cells Work [Online]. How Stuff Works. Last update unknown. (Web site consulted Feb22, 2003).
http://www.howstuffworks.com/cell.htm

So What is an Organelle? [Online]. Cell-ebration Review. Dr. Barbara E. Goodman, University of South Dakota. Last update Feb 5, 2003. (Web site consulted Mar 4, 2003).
http://www.usd.edu/~bgoodman/ReviewFrames.htm

What Are Cell Organelles and What Do They Do? [Online]. ScienceNet. Biology & Medicine. Cell Biology. Last update unknown. (Web site consulted Feb 24, 2003; web page found to be no longer available on April 15, 2008).
http://www.sciencenet.org.uk/database/Biology/Cell_Biology/b00308c.html

The Differences Between Animal Cells and Plant Cells [Online]. Kids' Study. Science. Last update unknown. (Web site consulted Feb 24, 2003; web page found to be no longer available on April 15, 2008).
http://www.gibnet.gi/~shms/just4kids/kids_study/sciencelessons/sc2_cells_animalplant.htm

Cell-Tissue-Body Explorer: Interactive Animated Atlas [Online]. Tomaz Amon University Ljubljana, Slovenia. Last update Mar 26, 2001. (Web site consulted Mar 4, 2003).
http://www.bioanim.com/CellTissueHumanBody6/index.html

About Genes

What Is a Gene? [Online]. KidsHeath. The Nemours Foundation. Last update unknown. (Web site consulted Feb 22, 2003).
http://kidshealth.org/kid/talk/qa/what_is_gene.html

How do Genes Work? [Online]. KidsHeath. The Nemours Foundation. Last update unknown. (Web site consulted Feb 22, 2003; new web page address located April 15, 2008).
http://kidshealth.org/kid/talk/qa/what_is_gene.html

Century of the Gene [Online]. Canadian Journal of Policy Research, Volume 2 No 3, Autumn 2001, by Michel Morange. Last update unknown. (Web site consulted Feb 22,2003; web page found to be no longer available on April 15, 2008).
http://www.isuma.net/v02n03/morange/morange_e.shtml

The Interactive Fly: A cyberspace guide to Drosophila genes and their roles in development [Online]. Thomas B. Brody, National Institutes of Health. Last update September 13, 2005. (Web site consulted October 13, 2005).
http://www.sdbonline.org/fly/aimain/1aahome.htm

Activity: Recombinant DNA Techniques [Online]. Access Excellence, National Health Museum. Last update Jan14, 2002. (Web site consulted Mar 4, 2003).
http://www.accessexcellence.com/AB/WYW/wkbooks/SFTS/activity6.html

About Proteins and Protein Synthesis

DNA Protein Life [Online]. The DNA Zone: The Protein Factory and The Big Explanation. Last update unknown. (Web site consulted Feb 24, 2003; web page found to be no longer available on April 15, 2008).
http://www.slsc.org/docs/galleries/dnazone/gallery/protein.shtml

What are Proteins? [Online]. Genome@home. Stanford University. Last update unknown. (Web site consulted Feb 27, 2003).
http://genomeathome.stanford.edu/science.html

Focus on Proteins [Online]. School Science. Unilever Education Advanced Series: Proteins. Last update unknown. (Web site consulted Feb 27, 2003; new web page address located April 15, 2008).
http://resources.schoolscience.co.uk/Unilever/16-18/proteins/

Protein Synthesis [Online]. Industry Canada - Life Sciences Branch. Last update Oct 16, 2000. (Web site consulted Feb 27, 2003; web page found to be no longer available on April 15, 2008).
http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/SSG/tc00049e.html

Summary of Transcription and Translation [Online]. ; Biotechnology Web site, University of Saskatchewan. Last update Aug 31, 2000. (Web site consulted Feb 27, 2003).
http://biotechnology.usask.ca/Posters/Transcription/Transcription.html#Translation

About Genetics

Encyclopedia of Genetics: Introduction Academic Press. [Online]. Elsevier Science. Last update unknown. (Web site consulted March 4, 2003; web page found to be no longer available on April 15, 2008).
http://www.academicpress.com/companions/0122270800/intro.htm

DNA Learning Center [Online]. Dolan DNA Learning Center: source for timely information about genes in education. Last update unknown. (Web site consulted Feb 22, 2003).
http://www.dnalc.org/

Flybase [Online]. A Database of the Drosophila Genome: a comprehensive database for information on the genetics and molecular biology of the fruit fly. [Last update unknown. (Web site consulted Feb 22, 2003;  new web page address located July 18, 2008).
http://flybase.bio.indiana.edu

GeneCards: Genes, Proteins and Diseases [Online]. GeneCards™: database of human genes, their products and their involvement in diseases. Last update unknown. (Web site consulted Feb 13, 2003; new web page address located April 15, 2008).
http://www.genecards.org

Genetics Education Center [Online]. Genetics Education Center. University of Kansas Medical Center. Last update Feb 23, 2003. (Web site consulted Feb 24, 2003).
http://www.kumc.edu/gec/

Genetic Science Learning Center [Online]. University of Utah. Last update Feb 18, 2003. (Web site consulted Feb 19, 2003; new web page address located April 15, 2008).
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu

GenScope [Online]. Last update unknown. (Web site consulted Feb 20, 2003).
http://genscope.concord.org/

About Heredity, Sex and Reproduction

DNA from the Beginning [Online]. DNA Learning Center, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. Last update Feb 28, 2003. (Web site consulted Mar 4, 2003).
http://www.dnaftb.org/dnaftb/

Biological Basis of Heredity: An Introduction to Basic Cell Structures Related to Genetic Inheritance [Online]. Dennis O'Neil. Last update Feb 28, 2003). (Web site consulted March 4, 2003).
http://anthro.palomar.edu/biobasis/default.htm

Overview - Sex and Reproduction [Online]. Student Online Learning Center. McGraw-Hill Higher Education. Last update unknown. (Web site consulted Feb 27, 2003).
http://www.mhhe.com/biosci/genbio/biolink/student/olc2/chap56overview.html

Genetics, Sex and Reproduction [Online]. The Biology Project, University of Arizona. Last update Nov 21, 2002. (Web site consulted Feb 27, 2003).
http://www.biology.arizona.edu/human_bio/human_bio.html

Biology: Sex and Reproduction [Online]. Honeyguide Web by Raphael Carter. Last update unknown. (Web site consulted Feb 27, 2003; web page found to be no longer available on April 15, 2008).
http://www.chaparraltree.com/honeyguide/subject-biology-sex_and_reproduction.shtml

About Genetic Variation

Genes and Behaviour [Online]. Gene Stories - Health, BBCi. Last update unknown. (Web site consulted Mar 4, 2003; web page found to be no longer available on April 15, 2008).
http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/genes/lifestyle/genes_behaviour.shtml

Human Genetic Variation [Online]. National Institutes of Health, Curriculum Supplement Series, Grades 9 to 12. Last update unknown. (Web site consulted Mar 4, 2003).
http://science-education.nih.gov/supplements/nih1/genetic/default.htm

Bibliography of Genetic Variation In Natural Populations [Online]. Fred Allendorf. University of Montana Libraries Missoula. Last update Sept 12, 2002. (Web site consulted Mar 4, 2003).
http://www.lib.umt.edu/guide/allendorf.htm

About Genetic Disorders

Gene Therapy [Online]. From a lecture at the University of Miami, Department of Biology. Last update unknown. (Web site consulted Feb 23, 2003; web page found to be no longer available on April 15, 2008).
http://fig.cox.miami.edu/~pluykx/bil104/pl104lecthird.htm

Tumor Markers [Online]. LabTests Online. American Association for Clinical Chemistry. Last update July 11, 2002. (Web site consulted Mar 4, 2003).
http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/tumor_markers/glance.html

Genetic Diseases [Online]. How Stuff Works. How Cells Work. Last update unknown. (Web site consulted Feb24, 2003; new web page address located April 15, 2008).
http://science.howstuffworks.com/cell12.htm

When There are Problems with Genes [Online]. KidsHealth. The Nemours Foundation. Last update unknown. (Web site consulted Feb 24, 2003; new web page address located April 15, 2008).
http://kidshealth.org/kid/talk/qa/what_is_gene.html

All the Virology on the WWW - Tutorials [Online]. Dr. Alan Cann. Last update July 18, 2000.(Web site consulted Feb27, 2003).
http://www.virology.net/Tutorials.html

The Bad Bug Book [Online]. Foodborne Pathogenic Microorganisms and Natural Toxins Handbook. Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition. U.S. Food & Drug Administration. Last update July 18, 2001. (Web site consulted Feb 27,2003).
http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~mow/intro.html

Gene Stories [Online]. BBC Homepage. Health Gene Stories. Last update Feb 24, 2003. (Web site consulted Feb 24, 2003; web page found to be no longer available on April 15, 2008).
http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/genes/disorders/intro.shtml

Genetic Disease Information - Pronto! [Online]. Human Genome Project Information. Last update Jan 2, 2003. (Web site consulted Feb 19, 2003).
http://www.ornl.gov/hgmis/medicine/assist.html

GeneCards: Genes, Proteins and Diseases [Online]. GeneCards™: database of human genes, their products and their involvement in diseases. Last update unknown. (Web site consulted Feb 13, 2003; new web page address located April 15, 2008).
http://www.genecards.org

About New Treatments: Gene Therapy and Ethics

Gene Therapy - An Overview [Online]. Access Excellence, The National Health Museum. Last update unknown. (Web site consulted Feb 27, 2003).
http://www.accessexcellence.org/AB/BA/Gene_Therapy_Overview.html

Gene Therapy [Online]. Human Genome Project Information. Last update March 3, 2003. (Web site consulted March 4, 2003).
http://www.ornl.gov/hgmis/medicine/genetherapy.html

Biologics and Genetic Therapies [Online]. Health Canada. Xenotransplantation. Last update Feb 1, 2002. (Web site consulted Feb 14, 2003).
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hpfb-dgpsa/bgtd-dpbtg/xeno_fact_tc_e.html

Pharmacogenomics [Online]. Human Genome Project Information. Last update March 3, 2003. (Web site consulted March 4, 2003).
http://www.ornl.gov/hgmis/medicine/pharma.html

GM Issues [Online]. GM Issues: an introduction to the science and issues of genetic modification. Last update unknown. (Web site consulted Feb 24, 2003; web page found to be no longer available on April 15, 2008).
http://www.gmissues.org/introduction/genes.htm

Public Consultation on Xenotransplantation [Online]. Canadian Public Health Association. Last update November 16, 2000. (Web site consulted Feb 14, 2003).
http://www.xeno.cpha.ca/english/index_e.htm

The Future: Prediction, Treatment, Ethics and Law [Online]. Gene Stories - Health, BBCi. Last update unknown. (Web site consulted Feb 27, 2003; web page found to be no longer available on April 15, 2008).
http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/genes/future/intro.shtml

Reading the Human Genome [Online]. The Riverdeep Current. Last update July 21, 2000. (Web site consulted Feb 27, 2003).
http://www.riverdeep.net/current/2000/07/072100_genome_arc.jhtml

Your Genes, Your Choices: Exploring the Issues Raised by Genetic Research [Online]. American Association for the Advancement of Science. Last update unknown. (Web site consulted Feb 24, 2003; web page found to be no longer available on April 15, 2008).
http://ehr.aaas.org/ehr/books/index.html

Genetics & Ethics Homepage [Online]. Genethics.ca. Last update Feb 16, 2003. (Web site consulted Feb 19, 2003).
http://genethics.ca/

Ethics [Online]. Genome Canada. Last update unknown. (Web site consulted Feb 23, 2003; new web page address located April 15, 2008).
http://www.genomecanada.ca/xpublic/ethics/index.asp

About GMOs - Genetically Modified Organisms
(includes links to Web sites that may include controversial views and ideas about GMOs)

Harvest of Fear: Exploring the Growing Fight Over Genetically Modified Food [Online]. A Nova/Frontline Special Report by PBS. Last update Jan 20, 2003. (Web site consulted Mar 4, 2003).
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/harvest/

A Research Program in Support of the Evaluation of Safety, Nutritional Quality and Health Effects of Foods Developed Through the Application of Genomics. [Online]. Health Canada. Last update June 18, 2002. (Web site consulted Feb 14, 2003; web page found to be no longer available on April 15, 2008).
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/sab-ccs/jun2000_genomics_slides_e.html

Genetic Engineering: The Future of Mankind [Online]. GEENOR: Genetic Engineering Organization. Last update March 31, 2002. (Web site consulted Feb 24, 2003).
http://www.geneticengineering.org/

Public Consultation on Xenotransplantation [Online]. Canadian Public Health Association. Last update November 16, 2000. (Web site consulted Feb 14, 2003).
http://www.xeno.cpha.ca/english/index_e.htm

About Stem Cells

Human Stem Cell Research: Opportunities for Health and Ethical Perspectives [Online]. Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Last update September 23, 2002. (Web site consulted Feb 14, 2003; new web page address located April 15, 2008).
http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/1485.html

Research News [Online]. National Cancer Institute of Canada. Last update unknown. (Web site consulted Feb 12, 2003; new web page address located April 15, 2008).
http://129.33.170.38/ncic/internet/standard/0,3621,84658243_85786098__langId-en,00.html

Background About Stem Cell Research [Online]. Canadian Cancer Society. Last update December 12, 2002. (Web site consulted Feb 12, 2003; web page found to be no longer available on April 15, 2008).
http://www.cancer.ca/ccs/internet/standard/0,3182,3172_335325__langId-en,00.html

Stem Cells: Scientific Progress and Future Research Directions [Online], National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Last update May 2, 2002 (Web site consulted Feb 14, 2003; new web page address located April 15, 2008).
http://stemcells.nih.gov/info/scireport/2001report.htm

The Ethics of Stem Cell Research [Online]. StemCells.ca. Last update unknown. (Web site consulted Feb 2, 2003; web page found to be no longer available on April 15, 2008).
http://www.stemcells.ca/ethics.html

About Endangered Species

School World's Endangered Species Project [Online]. School World Internet Education. Last update August 22, 2001. (Web site consulted Feb14, 2003; web page found to be no longer available on April 15, 2008).
http://www.schoolworld.asn.au/species/species.html

Endangeredspecie.com, The rarest endangered species information around [Online]. Lauren Kurpis. Last update unknown. (Web site consulted Feb 27, 2003).
http://www.endangeredspecie.com/