Flower Parts

This animation illustrates the botanical parts of flower structures.

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Herbicide Resistance: Mechanisms, Inheritance, and Molecular Genetics

This lesson will detail the biochemical mechanisms and genetics of herbicide resistance in weeds. Herbicide resistance is one of the major issues in weed science today; therefore, it is important to h

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	Antisense RNA Technology This animation shows Antisense Technology and its use in tomatoes. View

	Asteraceae Flowers This animation describes and illustrates the different types of flowers found in the family Asteraceae. View

	Backcross Breeding How the conventional breeding method of backcross breeding is done. This is the seventh of a series of seven animations that detail the process of crop genetic engineering. View

	Bacteria Transformation Illustrates the beginning stages of gene cloning. This animation shows how plasmids become recombinant and are inserted into bacteria cells. This is the second of four animations detailing the gene cloning process. View

	Corn Rootworm Lifecycle This animation shows the lifecycle of the corn rootworm, as well as showing what happens when corn rootworm larvae consume roots containing Bt. View

	Descripci�n de la Ingenier�a Gen�tica Esta animaci�n muestra el proceso general de la ingenier�a gen�tica. View

	Development of QTL Mapping Populations The objective of this animation is to develop a QTL mapping population for locating and characterizing the genes responsible for resistance to tan spot disease of wheat. View

	DNA and DNA Extraction The DNA Structure and how it makes up genes and chromosomes in the cell. This is the second of a series of seven animations that detail the process of crop genetic engineering. View

	ECB and Bt This animation shows how Bt causes death in the European corn borer (ECB). View

	ECB Generation map The generation map shows the different regions of the United States and how many European corn borer generations occur in each. View

	ECB Lifecycle This animation goes through the life cycle of the European corn borer and how Bt affects the insect. View

	ECB Movement map The animation shows how the European corn borer moved across the United States from east to west. View

	Flower Parts This animation illustrates the botanical parts of flower structures. View

	Flower structures, Plant Breeding, Cross Pollination, Making Crosses This animations illustrates the structures of a flower, plant breeding, cross pollination and making crosses. View

	Gel Electrophoresis This animation explains how gel electrophoresis works. The affect of fragment size on movement through the gel is demonstrated. View

	Gel Scoring This interactive animation provides an opportunity to practice scoring an electrophoresis gel. View

	Gene Cloning A basic depiction of the steps in the gene cloning. This is the third of a series of seven animations that detail the process of crop genetic engineering. View

	Gene Gun How the gene gun works to transform cells with new DNA. This is the sixth of a series of seven animations that detail the process of crop genetic engineering. View

	Gene Modification This animations shows how a gene is constructed to eventually produce a protein in a Bt corn plant. This is the fifth of a series of seven animations that detail the process of crop genetic engineering. View

	Gene Regions This animations shows the three gene coding regions. This is the fourth of a series of seven animations that detail the process of crop genetic engineering. View

	Herbicide Resistance Illustrates how selection for herbicide resistance occurs. View

	Lateral Flow Strip Test This animation illustrates the concepts of protein detection using the lateral flow strip method. This method is simliar to ELISA and is utilized in detecting GMOs, among other applications. View

	Making a Library This animation shows how a colony of new DNA is made to locate a specific gene of interest. This is the third of four animations detailing the gene cloning process. View

	Making a Recombinant Plasmid This animation shows how a plasmid responsible for encoding a gene can be cut. The plasmid can be altered with the addition of linear DNA to form a recombinant plasmid to encode a new gene of interest. This is the first of four animations detailing the gene cloning process. View

	Overview of Crop Genetic Engineering A general look at the process of crop genetic engineering. This is the first of a series of seven animations that detail the process of crop genetic engineering. View

	Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) This animation depicts the process of PCR. Each component involved in the process is outlined and described in this animation. View

	Population Dynamics of Palmer Amaranth This animation examines several states of a weed species during the growing season and studies the transitions that occur between each state. View

	Protein Synthesis - A general overview This animation shows the transcription process of RNA within the plant cell. Single stranded RNA moves out of the cell where it is translated into proteins. This is the first in a series of three animations on protein synthesis. View

	Relationship Between Herbicide Effectiveness and Resistance Development Discusses the relationship between herbicide effectiveness and resistance development. View

	Screening a DNA Library This animation show how scientists find the gene of interest by screening thousands of bacteria. Scientists can screen the protein or the DNA. This is the fourth of four animations detailing the gene cloning process. View

	Taqman The Taqman probe detection system used in real time PCR (also known as quantitative PCR) is illustrated in this animation. One application of this method is use in GMO detection. View

	Target Site Resistance Illustrates both susceptibility and resistance for single and multiple target sites in herbicides. View

	Transcription A detailed depection of transcription, the first stage of protein synthesis. This is the second in a series of three animations on protein synthesis. View

	Transgene Design This is an interactive animation that asks the viewer to design a gene by selecting the promoter and coding region that will produce a plant with the desired traits. View

	Translation A detailed depiction of translation, the second stage of protein synthesis. This is the third in a series of three animations on protein synthesis. View

	Who Wants to be a Genetic Engineer? This interactive animation invites the viewer to decide and place in order, the steps they would need to take to develop two genetically engineered plants. View