Department of Animal Science - Basic Animal Genetics

• Introduction
  • How to use this site
  • Acknowledgements
  • Genetics Timeline
  • Mendelian Genetics
• Basic Concepts
  • Anatomy of a cell
  • Somatic vs. Gametic
  • Growth & division
  • Mitosis
  • Meiosis
  • Crossing Over
  • Basic DNA Structure
• DNA & RNA
  • Genetic Information
  • Anatomy of a Gene
  • DNA Replication
  • Transcription & Translation
  • Introns & Exons
  • Codons, anticodons
  • Genotype & Phenotype
• Simple Inheritance
  • Dominant/recessive
  • Segregation
  • Independent Assortment
  • Punnett squares
  • Sex-linked
• Probability
• Modify Mendelian Ratios
  • Incomplete dominance
  • Co-dominance
  • Multiple alleles
  • Lethal alleles
  • Epistasis
  • Genomic imprinting

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:

This project was made possible through a grant from USDA, CSREES, Higher Education Challenge Grants Program and the support provided by the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University.

AUTHORS:
• Dr. Pascal Oltenacu
• Dr. Tammy Tobin-Janzen
• Dr. John Pollak
• David Way (Director, Instructional Support Center for Learning and Teaching, Cornell University)
• Former students from Dept. of Animal Science, Cornell University:
  • Andrea Deierlein
  • Jill Zager
  • Nyssa Levy

WEB DESIGN and PROGRAMMING:   Linda Poppleton (Programmer/Analyst, Dept. of Animal Science, Cornell University)

ANIMATIONS and ARTISTIC WORK:
• Yamini Raman (former student, Dept. of Computer Science, Cornell University)
• Linda Poppleton (Programmer/Analyst, Dept. of Animal Science, Cornell University)