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What is Biotechnology?
Biotechnology
Changing by selective breeding
Traditional food biotechnologies
Gene technology and food
Biotechnology and the environment
Cane toad
Early use of medical biotechnologies
Cowpox disease - process of vaccination
Natural antibiotics
Biotechnology in cleaning up the environment
Waste cleaning farm
Oil - eating bacteria
Natural antibiotics
Oil - eating bacteria
Biotechnology now and in the future
Genetic and reproductive technologies
Reproductive technology
Injecting a sperm cell
Gene technology
Weevil resistance in peas
Inserting weevil resistant genes into bean genes
Gene probe interactive
The materials of gene technology
What is DNA?
Where is DNA?
DNA zoom movie
DNA zoom interactive
Extracting DNA in your kitchen
The structure of DNA
DNA double helix
DNA line dancing
DNA zoom interactive
DNA replication
DNA unzipping
What is a gene?
A gene is a section of DNA
The structure of a gene
A gene codes for a protein
Translation of a gene to protein
When a gene code is altered - research
DNA zoom interactive
Extracting DNA in your kitchen
DNA line dancing
When a gene code is altered - research
The tools of gene technology
Gene splicing
Cutting
Cutting DNA to create sticky ends movie
Pasting
Cutting a plasmid and pasting in a gene movie
What will I choose?
Gene splicing interactive
Gene probes
Gene probe interactive
Gene probe movie
Inserting genes into plant and animal cells
Inserting genes using harmless viruses
Microinjection into an animal egg cell
"Shooting" DNA into cells
Electrophoresis
How electrophoresis is carried out
Electrophoresis movie
DNA typing or fingerprinting
Comparing profiles
DNA profiling interactive
Have you the right to know?
Have you the right to know?
DNA sequencing
DNA sequencing results
DNA sequencing
Cloning
What is a clone?
Cloned calves
Cloning plants
Cloning plants using tissue culture
Plant tissue culture in the classroom
Cloning animals
Cloning Dolly
Dog cloning interactive
Thylacine cloning interactive
Cloning human cells
Regulation of research in Australia
Good sites for 'What is biotechnology?'
Cane toad
Natural antibiotics
Gene probe interactive
