BIOLOGY
by Miller & Levine
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Chapter 12 describes the structure and replication of DNA, the processes of transcription and translation, and the regulation of gene expression.
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Chapter 12 
DNA and RNA
What are Web Codes?Web Codes for Chapter 12:
Active Art: Virus Reproduction• Active Art: DNA Replication
• Active Art: Protein Synthesis
• Science News: Genetics
• SciLinks: DNA
• SciLinks: DNA Replication
• SciLinks: Protein Synthesis
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Click here to learn about how this ribosome model was produced at Dr. Joachim Frank's lab at the Wadsworth Institute in Albany, N. Y.
• The Dragonfly book uses an innovative Circular Genetic Code Table. Click Here to learn why.
Click on the images (above) to download our circular code table, or a traditional rectangular table.
What's the difference between a Purine and a Pyrimidine? Do you know? There was a mistake in early printings of the Dragonfly Book on page 291 that might have confused you on this point. Click here for the details
Be sure to visit the Dolan DNA Learning Center at Cold Spring Harbor. This site features a wealth of information on how DNA works, and how crucial discoveries in genetics and molecular biology were made.
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What's "The Secret of Photo 51?" It's the inside story of Rosalind Franklin and her role in the discovery of the Double Helix structure. Click to visit a special NOVA web site describing the story behind Rosalind Franklin's remarkable X-ray photograph of DNA, which provided the crucial evidence for the double helix model of DNA.
DNA Origami
Download this Origami DNA model to fold your own paper double helix. Click here for the instructions and here to download and print the template.(from the Dolan DNA Learning Center)
Other DNA Resources from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory:
An illustrated history of the Story of DNA.
DNA Interactive. An innovative, interactive learning site for the study
of DNA.
How genes influence your health - and what you can do about it.
