Frank Potter's Science Gems - Life Science II

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VII. Biology of Viruses and Simple Organisms

Bacteria

• Introduction to Cell and Virus Structure - Florida State University Many aspects of bacteria & viruses. Take a look!
  
  

Fungi

• Saccharomyces Genomic Information Resource - Saccharomyces Genome Database Yeast Protein Project, World Wide. Links to much of the research activity.
  
  
• Arbuscular and VA Mycorrhizal Fungi (INVAM)- West Virginia University "With over 1000 accessions, INVAM is the largest living collection of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi in the world. AM fungi (Order Glomales, Class Zygomycetes) are ubiquitous soil organisms that symbiotically colonize the roots..."
  
  
• Fungi Resources - Cornell University "...Sites for teaching and learning about fungi."
  
  

Protists

• Protist Image Database - by C.J. O'Kelly and T. Littlejohn, University of Montreal, Canada Includes images and data on: Cafeteria, Chlamydomonas, Coleochaete, Cryptomonas, Halospaera, Peridinium, Porphyra, Poteriochromonas, Pyramimonas, Reclinomonas & Salpingoeca genera.
  
  

Viruses

• Introduction to Cell and Virus Structure - Florida State University Many aspects of bacteria & viruses. Take a look!
  
  
• All the Virology on the Net - R.F. Garry, Tulane University Links to virology research centers on retroviruses, autoimmunity and retroviruses in autoimmunity.
  
  
• Plant Virus Research - Z. Xiong at Univ. of Arizona Red clover necrotic mosaic virus, saguaro catus virus, potato virus Y, cotton geminiviruses.
  
  

VIII. Biology of Plants - Botany

"MINIMUM" Level: Kindergarten

• To be added when confirmed.
  
  

"MINIMUM" Level: 3rd grade

• Crops of the U.S. Index - Purdue University [**SELECT** CropSEARCH, then Crop Index ... to access the list] 100's of crops grown in the United States - Latin name, characteristics, and links!
  
  
• Botanical Gardens Worldwide Links to hundreds! [Select GardenSearch at lower left]. Also has PlantSearch by genus and species.
  
  

"MINIMUM" Level: 6th grade

• Australian National Botanical Gardens - Canberra, Australia
  
  
• Royal Botanical Gardens - Kew
  
  

"MINIMUM" Level: 9th grade

• Photosynthesis in Plants Physics of light; Light reactions; Dark reactions; alternate modes of photosynthesis.
  
  
• Andean Botanical Information System - M.O. Dillon, Field Museum of Natural History General information and pictures of plants in the Andes.
  
  
• World Weeds Database - P. Bacon, P.J. Terry, P. Castro, Oxford Search by country, plant, genus, family.
  
  

"MINIMUM" Level: University

• Biogeography Laboratory Projects- UC Santa Barbara Environmental research, gap analysis, Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project, Change detection.
  
  
• Natural Pest Control- Assoc. of Natural Bio-Control Producers Biological control is the use of natural enemies to control pests. Info on natural enemies, what they are and how to use them. We hope to provide useful information to you on biological control agents and their use in both commercial agriculture and home gardening.
  
  
• Arbuscular and VA Mycorrhizal Fungi (INVAM)- West Virginia University "With over 1000 accessions, INVAM is the largest living collection of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi in the world. AM fungi (Order Glomales, Class Zygomycetes) are ubiquitous soil organisms that symbiotically colonize the roots..."
  
  
• Plant Tracker- Plants For A Future, UK "...contains details of nearly 7000 plants, all of which are either edible, have medicinal properties or have some other use such as fibers oils or soaps. For each plant the database contains details of the uses of the plants, as well as information of the environment it will grow in and cultivation details. "
  
  

"MINIMUM" Level: Graduate

• GrainGenes Database - USDA GrainGenes is a compilation of molecular and phenotypic information on wheat, barley, oats, rye, and sugarcane. Everything and links to more!!
  
  

IX. Biology of Animals

• Bioacoustics - Universita degli Studi di Pavia Spectrograms, images, and soundbites from acoustic research on cetaceans (whales, dolphins), insects, fish, amphibians,and other mammals, reptiles and birds.
  
  

Amphibians

• Amphibians - Electronic Zoo - Washington University, St. Louis, Mo Overview of Amphibians on the WWW
  
  
• "WHOLE FROG" Project - by Bill Johnston and David Robertson, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory The ITG "Whole Frog" project is intended to introduce the concepts of modern, computer based 3D visualization, and at the same time to demonstrate the power of whole body, 3D imaging of anatomy as a curriculum tool. The goal of the Whole Frog Project is to provide high school biology classes the ability to explore the anatomy of a frog by using data from high resolution MRI imaging and from mechanical sectioning, together with 3D surface and volume rendering software to visualize the anatomical structures of the intact animal. Ultimately we intend to be able to "enter the heart and fly down blood vessels, poking our head out at any point to see the structure of the surrounding anatomy".
  
  
• The Somewhat Amusing World of Frogs - C. Latham, Australia Questions and answers.
  
  

Arachnids

• International Society of Arachnology Information about the different Arachnid orders including links and recent publications.
  
  

Birds

• BIRDS - Electronic Zoo - Washington University, St. Louis, Mo Overview of Birds on the WWW
  
  

Dinosaurs

• DINOSAUR ANTECHAMBER: HALL OF DINOSAURS - Museum of Paleontology, UC Berkeley Interactive natural history museum in which you can select the geological time period of your interest.
  
  

Fish

• FISH - Electronic Zoo - Washington University, St. Louis, Mo Overview of Fish on the WWW including Fish Ecology, Fisheries, Marine Biology, Sharks, The Great White Shark, etc.
  
  
• Introduction to the Chondrichthyes - UC Berkeley "Sharks, skates, rays, and even stranger fish make up the Chondrichthyes, or "cartilaginous fish." First appearing in the late Devonian, cartilaginous fish today include both fearsome predators and harmless mollusc-eaters (unless you are a mollusc!)."
  
  

Invertebrates

• Invertebrates - Electronic Zoo - Washington University, St. Louis, Mo Overview of Invertebrates on the WWW including Arachnids, Insects, Crustaceans, Molluscs, Anthropods, Squid, Shellfish etc.
  
  
• Nudibranchs of the British Isles - B.E. Picton, Ulster Museum, Belfast, Northern Ireland "This identification guide to the nudibranch sea slugs of Great Britain and Ireland is based on our book on nudibranchs of the British Isles." Marvelous pictures and information.
  
  
• Bug Club UK Insect classification, interactive insect anatomy, and much more!
  
  
• Insect Image database - University of Georgia and Entomology Society of America
  
  
• The Essig Museum of Entomology - UC Berkeley Pictures and text: "...one of the largest and most active research collections of arthropods in the United States. The collection maintains approximately 4.5 million specimens primarily from western North America and the northern neotropics."
  
  

Marine Mammals

• Marine Animals - Electronic Zoo - Washington University, St. Louis, Mo Overview of Marine Mammals on the WWW including Dolphins, Whales, Walrus, Sea Lions, Sea Otters, etc.
  
  

Mammals

• Rodents - Electronic Zoo - Washington University, St. Louis, Mo Overview of Rodents on the WWW including Mice, Rats, Hamsters, Gerbils and Guinea Pigs.
  
  
• Cats - Electronic Zoo - Washington University, St. Louis, Mo Overview of Cats on the WWW
  
  
• Dog Genome Project "Collaborative study involving scientists at the University of California, the University of Oregon, and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center".
  
  
• Dogs - Electronic Zoo - Washington University, St. Louis, Mo Overview of Dogs on the WWW
  
  
• Sheep, Goats, Llamas, etc. - Electronic Zoo - Washington University, St. Louis, Mo Overview of Sheep and Goats on the WWW.
  
  
• Horses - Electronic Zoo - Washington University, St. Louis, Mo Overview of Horses on the WWW
  
  
• Cows - Electronic Zoo - Washington University, St. Louis, Mo Overview of Cows on the WWW
  
  
• Pigs - Electronic Zoo - Washington University, St. Louis, Mo Overview of Pigs on the WWW
  
  
• Virtual PIG dissection [requires Shockwave plug-in] - Whitman College Inner details!
  
  
• Rabbits - Electronic Zoo - Washington University, St. Louis, Mo Overview of Rabbits on the WWW
  
  
• Ferrets - Electronic Zoo - Washington University, St. Louis, Mo Overview of Ferrets on the WWW
  
  
• Primates - Electronic Zoo - Washington University, St. Louis, Mo Overview of Primates on the WWW including The Great Ape Project, Gorilla Information, Chimpanzees etc.
  
  
• Gorillas Land and other animals - Howletts Zoo, near Canterbury, England Watch gorilla families in action. Many other animals on webcams, too!
  
  

Marsupials

• Included when verified.
  
  

Reptiles

• Reptiles - Electronic Zoo - Washington University, St. Louis, Mo Overview of Reptiles on the WWW including Alligators, Snakes, Sea Turtles, Iguanas, Dinasaur Egg Project, etc.
  
  
• The TIGR Reptile Database - P. Uetz, Heidelberg Links to more detailed sources eventually.
  
  

Still Picture Archives

• Animal Pictures Archives
  
  

Zoo's

• Atlanta Zoo Enjoy the animal sounds !!
  
  
• Electronic Zoo - Washington University, St. Louis, Mo
  
  
• Smithsonian National Zoological Park, Washington, D.C.
  
  
• Audubon Zoo, New Orleans Bears, Birds, Rhinos, Orangutans, Monkeys, etc.
  
  
• Cheyenne Mountain Zoo Many pictures of typical zoo animals.
  
  

X. Human Biology

• Martindale's Health Science Guide 2016 - J. Martindale Enormous collection of links to everything related to human medical information. Most medical schools use this resource as their first reference on the WWW.
  
  
• Visible Human - Anatomy Slices! - National Library of Medicine Choose your slices through the human body !!!
  
  
• Images and Animations from the Visible Human Project - J. Butt, M. Heiss, B. Yamauchi "The small collection of images appearing here is from the Visible Human male data set; images from the female data set may be added at a later date...divided into six slightly overlapping data subsets entitled Head, Thorax, Abdomen, Pelvis, Thighs, and Feet." Also includes some CT scans and MRI's as well as the color photographs.
  
  
• Body Worlds - The Original Exhibition of Real Human Bodies - Gunther von Hagens Specimens preserve by plastination for discussion. Materials for educators and parents.
  
  
• Visual Human (Male & Female) - National Library of the Visible Human Project) Numerous resource links to available images!!
  
  
• Psychological Type Profiles - J. Butt, M. Heiss, B. Yamauchi 16 Type profiles with examples.
  
  
• Whole Brain Atlas - Harvard Medical School Interactive cross-sectional MRI of the brain.
  
  
• Color Vision - C. Henderson Color vision deficiency examples.
  
  
• Body Surface Area Calculator
  
  
• Immunology - The Biology Project, Biology, University of Arizona Activities, Problems sets, and Tutorials: Introduction to Immunology; AIDS Lab; Elisa Assay; Western Blotting Analysis
  
  
• Human Biology - The Biology Project, Biology, University of Arizona Activities, Problems sets, and Tutorials: Human Genetics; DNA Forensics; Human Reproduction; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Blood Types
  
  
• Developmental Biology - The Biology Project, Biology, University of Arizona Activities, Problems sets, and Tutorials: Developmental Mechanisms for a variety of organisms