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General Biology

This guide will provide information and additional resources for Biological sciences and courses

12.2 Mendelian Genetics (dominance / recessive traits)

Organizations & Associations

The National Association of Biology Teachers (NABT) 

The “leader in life science education.” Since its inception in 1938, thousands of educators have joined NABT to share experiences and expertise with colleagues from around the world, keep up with trends and developments in the field, and grow professionally.

 

American Association of the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 

The AAAS seeks to "advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all people.

 

Society for Developmental Biology

 

The American Physiological Society

 

National Center for Science Education (NCSE)
NESCent shares evolutionary biology research in addition to offering resources from the NABT Evolution Symposium, Evolution in the News stories, Curriculum Resources, Examples of Evolution, Educational Research/Policy, Professional Development Opportunities and more. 

 

Darwin Digital Library of Evolution 
Based at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), the goal of this undertaking is to make the full literature of evolution available online to include the 17th Century to the present and encompasses the history of evolution as a scientific theory with deep roots and broad cultural consequences.

 

American Society for Human Genetics
Educational resources to promote awareness of human genetics, encourage young people to enter genetics-related careers, and foster trust and support for genetics research. 

 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
The home page of the EPA where you can link to EnviroQ, electricity and watershed searches, careers, grants, contracts, content for Youth (Elementary, Middle and High School), current multimedia, blog, question of the week and more resources.

 

United States Fish & Wildlife Service
USFWS provides information about invasive species, news and resources, what you can do, laws and regulations, invasive species activities, programs and more.

 

MicrobeWorld

American Society for Microbiology

 

National Science Foundation: Biological Sciences

 

Human Genome Project

Genome programs of the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science

 

Microbeworld

Through the American Society for Microbiology (ASM)

 

American Association of Anatomy

AAA is a tax-exempt, nonprofit scientific organization founded in 1888.

 

American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS)

Promotes the use of biological sciences knowledge in public policy and advance science policy serving the needs of the research and education communities.

 

American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB)

ASCB is an inclusive, international community of biologists studying the cell, the fundamental unit of life.

 

The Ecological Society of America

The Ecological Society of America (ESA) is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization of scientists founded in 1915 to promote ecological science by improving communication among ecologists.

 

American Society for Microbiology (ASM)

one of the largest life science societies in the world.

 

American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB)

The American Society of Plant Biologists was founded in 1924 to promote the growth and development of plant biology, to encourage and publish research in plant biology, and to promote the interests, growth, and education of plant scientists in general.

 

Botanical Society of America

 

Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB)

 

National Academy of Sciences

 

The National Center for Biotechnology Information

Established in 1988 as a national resource for molecular biology information, NCBI creates public databases, conducts research in computational biology, develops software tools for analyzing genome data, and disseminates biomedical information.

 

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

ITIS provides authoritative taxonomic information on plants, animals, fungi, and microbes of North America and the world.

 

Science.gov

Science.gov searches over 38 databases and 1,950 selected websites, offering 200 million pages of authoritative U.S. government science information, including research and development results.

 

Human Biology Association

The Human Biology Association is a professional organization that exemplifies the general interests of human biologists internationally.

 

Society for General Microbiology

The Society for General Microbiology (SGM) was founded in 1945 and is now the largest microbiological society in Europe. The website offers access to the SGM's publications, news, and links to other resources related to microbiology.

 

Society for Applied microbiology

 

The Biochemical Society

 

The Society of Experimental Biology

 

The Society for the Study of Human Biology

 

American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

 

The Ecological Society of America