Crash Course in Genomics
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                                            or how to bring yourself up to speed in molecular biology.......

Wikipedia Articles to Read
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* `Introduction to Genetics <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Introduction_to_genetics>`_

*  `Advanced (more details) <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA>`_

* `Long List of topics with their links <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_basic_genetics_topics>`_


Primers
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*   `NCBI primer (cell/genome/molecular biology) <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/About/primer/genetics.html>`_



Videos and Animations
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*    `Structure of Chromosomes <http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/media/DNAi_human_chromosomes-lg.mov>`_

*     `How DNA is packaged <http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/media/DNAi_packaging_vo2-lg.mov>`_

*      `Coding Sequences <http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/media/DNAi_coding_sequences-lg.mov>`_


Important steps of the central dogma of transmission of information from
DNA to protein are covered in these small videos:

*   Transcription link `<http://vcell.ndsu.nodak.edu/animations/transcription/index.htm>`_

*   mRNA processing `link <http://vcell.ndsu.nodak.edu/animations/mrnaprocessing/movie-flash.htm>`_

*   Splicing `mrna link  <http://vcell.ndsu.nodak.edu/animations/mrnasplicing/index.htm>`_

*   Translation `Animation <http://vcell.ndsu.nodak.edu/animations/translation/movie-flash.htm>`_

*   Replication `DNA replication <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mtLXpgjHL0>`_

*   If you have 10 minutes to spare, here is an entertaining skit about epigenetics:
  `youtube epigenetics link <http://youtu.be/kp1bZEUgqVI>`_
 
*  A youtube video about the first type of sequencing:
    `Sanger sequencing (simpler) <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ldtdWjDwes>`_
   `Sanger sequencing <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYpllbI0qF8>`_

*  Khan Academy Youtube:
   `Full lesson on DNA <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-vZ_g7K6P0&lr=1>`_

*  Series of slides showing all the experiments leading to our understanding 
   of modern genetics `DNAFTB <http://www.dnaftb.org/>`_

*  The complete bible: Molecular Biology of the Cell `online <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK21054/>`_