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Nucleic Acids

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J.C. Venter et al., Science Magazine - Full text of one of two articles describing the base sequence of human DNA.

E. Lender, Nature Magazine - Full text of one of two original articles describing the human genome sequence.

Google - Research database allows searching of the scholarly literature.

Rosalind Franklin

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Access Excellence - Outstanding summary of the history of DNA research. 

U.S. Dept. of Energy - An in-depth discussion of research into the human genome. 

The Shamen, S2 Translation - An instrumental piece of music based on the DNA code for the S2 protein.

The Shamen, S2 Translation - An instrumental piece of music based on the DNA code for the S2 protein.

Illustrations formatted for printing on transparencies or displaying with a projector

An alphabetical glossary of relevant scientific terms.

J. Watson, F. Crick, Science - Original paper describing the structure of DNA. 

PBS - Interactive exercise on DNA replication.

U.C. Santa Cruz - Interactive browser that finds features related to the genome sequence.

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-James Watson,
1928-



“The capacity to blunder slightly is the real marvel of DNA. Without this special attribute, we would still be anaerobic bacteria and there would be no music.”

- Lewis Thomas



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