Readings

The Nature of Science

• The Nature of Science.    

Human Evolution

• The Process of Evolution
• See primate evolution PowerPoint presentation
• Lucy walking models
• A new Australopithicus find!
• DNA knocks Neanderthals out of our evolutionary tree. See the summary here.

Cells and Chemistry

• Atoms
• What is Life?
• Various Viruses
• Cells Alive- A General Cell Resource
  • How big are they?
  • Prokaryotes vs. Eukaryotes
  • Various Bacteria
  • Various Eukaryotes
  • Bill's cell membrane structure
  • Lipids
  • Proteins
  • Moving Stuff Around
  • Cell Structure Review
    • Microtubules
    • Mitochondria and Respiration
  • Bill's diagram of a composite eukaryotic cell and some Electron Micrographs
  • Bacterial Cell
  • Viruses

Human Genetics and Developmental Biology

• Molecular Biology Main 
  • Enzyme Function
  • Chromosomes
  • DNA and Bill's DNA Stuff
  • Transcription
  • RNA
  • Proteins  and Bill's Protein Synthesis
    • Protein Synthesis Picture  
    • Genetic Code
    • Bill's Translation Movie
  • Bill's Comparison of Replication, Transcription, and Translation

• Mitosis and Bill's Stuff Here
  • Interactive Mitosis Tutorial (Needs Shockwave. Get that here for free) 
  • Click for animal and plant mitosis photomicrographs
  • Home-made genetics animations.
  • Bill's Mitosis Movie
• Meiosis and Bill's Stuff Here
• A Gene Map of the Human Genome
• Bill's How Genes Create a Trait
• Human Familial Genetics
• Early Developmental Biology- Bill's pix are here
• Developmental Resources on the web
• The Virtual Embryo (Human Development)
• Genetic Disorders by the Patho Guy (Ignore his occasional religious or creationist rants)
• Developmental Abnormalities
  • Bill's Chromosomal  & Developmental Abnormalities.
  • Trisomy 21: The Story of Down's Syndrome
  • COMMON PROBLEMS OF BABIES
    WITH TRISOMY 18 OR 13
  • Congenital Malformations (CNS)
  • UNSW Embryo- Trisomy 21 (Down Syndrome)
  • UNSW Embryo- Trisomy 18 (Edwards Syndrome)
  • Klinefelter's Syndrome Gynecomastia (XXY)
  • XYY Syndrome more is here
  • The 'Guevedoces' of the Dominican Republic

Anatomy and Physiology

• Histology
• The Integumentary System
• Gray's Anatomy On-Line
• Visit the Visible Human Project
• Visible Human cross sections
• Center for Human Simulation
• How We See
• Interactive Multimedia  Projects in Human Biology
• Atlas of Human Biology
• Pathology Lecture Notes (Ignore his occasional religious or creationist rants)

Nervous System

• Gray's Anatomy: The Nervous System
• Bill's Nerve Pix
• Run the Nerve Simulation
• Table of Neurotransmitters
• Cut-the-head-off-the-frog lab
• Darwin Again!