Your DNA needs to be in every cell in your body, so what happens when cells divide? How does each new cell retain all of the genetic information? DNA Replication: Concepts in Biochemistry - Interactive Animations: http://www3.interscience.wiley.com:8100/legacy/college/boyer//animations/replication. This 3D animation shows you how DNA is copied in a cell. It shows how both strands of the DNA helix are unzipped and copied to produce two identical DNA mole. The second problem caused by DNA polymerase during replication is much more difficult for cells to surpass. DNA polymerase can only work in a 5’ to 3’ direction. The terms 5’ and 3’ refer to the sugar molecule in the sugar/phosphate DNA backbone.
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DNA Animations
DNA: Animations (Howard Hughes Medical Institute)
Click to Animations
DNA Workshop
Hair grows from your head, nonstop, day in and day out. The cells of your hair follicles somehow generate all of the protein that make up this hair. How is this protein created? The answers to these questions are DNA replication and protein synthesis. The activity in this section places you within the cell, involving you with the processes of DNA replication and protein synthesis.
DNA Transcription and Protein Synthesis
Animation by Patty Hain and Nathan Wambaugh of University of Nebraska
Journey into DNA
This exploration allows you to travel to the tiny world of DNA. Beginning with the body and ending with the atoms that make up a single DNA base, you'll be able to zoom in to 15 different levels to see DNA's relationship to us as a whole. Along the way you'll also see the intricate bending and winding that takes place within a chromosome, which allows more than five feet of DNA to fit within the nucleus of a tiny cell.
Animation by Rick Groleau

Sequence for Yourself
At first glance, the method described below may seem a bit complex and even roundabout. Well, sequencing the human genome is not as easy as A-G-C. The concepts involved, however, are easy to grasp. 'Sequence for Yourself' should give you a good idea of the general process.
Animationby Rick Groleau
DNA Anatomy
DNA Anatomy by John Kyrk
Automated DNA Sequencing
DNA Sequencing by John Wiley & Sons
DNA Replication
DNA Replicationby John Wiley & Sons
DNA Replication I: VIEW ANIMATION, Downloadable compressed version: PC(exe) or QuickTime(bin)PCR Amplification: VIEW ANIMATION in new window, Downloadable compressed version: PC(exe) or Mac-OSX(sit)
DNA Replication: The process that a cell uses to copy chromosomes, take place in a cell's nucleus before the cell can divide.
DNA From The Beginning
DNA from the Beginning is organized around key concepts. The science behind each concept is explained by: animation, image gallery, video interviews, problem, biographies, and links.
DNA Animation Library
Cloning 101
Cycle Sequencing
DNA Arrays
DNA Restriction
DNA Transformation 1
DNA Transformation 2
Gel Electrophoresis
GeneChip (R)
How Alu Jumps
Model Organisms
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Sanger Sequencing

From DNA to Proteins
DNA, DNA Replication, Sequencing and Mutation
Chromosome 11 Flyover Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
DNA Replication Fork President and Fellows of Harvard University
Le Southern blotting by Laurent Martorell Académie de Créteil
DNA Replication McGraw-Hill
The Meselson-Stahl Experiment Sumanas
The Basics Acadia University
DNA Replication in Bacteria (E. coli) by Science Media
DNA Replication E-Bio @ Horton
DNA Replication by John Kyrk
Recombinat DNA Technology University of Delaware
DNA Microarray Methodology Animation Davidson College
DNA Replication/Gel Electrophoresis By Jim Wanamaker of Lew-Port
Gel Electrophoresis Sam Houston State University
DNA Repair Flash Animation from Nature
DNA Coiling To Form Chromosomes By BioStudio
Maize Mutants By Koshland Science Museum
Chromosome Description By Dexter Pratt
Regulating Genes through DNA Methylation By National Cancer Institute
DNA Replication By Wiley
DNA Sequencing By Wiley
Polymersase Chain Reaction (PCR)
Dna Replication Animation Wiley Journal
Polymersase Chain Reaction by Science Media
PCR Amplification: VIEW ANIMATION in new window, Downloadable compressed version: PC(exe) or Mac-OSX(sit)
DNA Structure and Chemistry
CHIME Interactive DNA molecule: VIEW DEMONSTRATION
CHIME Interactive DNA Base Pairs: VIEW AT BASE PAIR, VIEW GC BASE PAIR
DNA Chemistry: VIEW ANIMATION, Downloadable compressed version: PC(exe) or QuickTime(bin)
The Second Genetic Code: Chemical Information in the Major and Minor Grooves: VIEW QuickTime Movie, Downloadable compressed version: or QuickTime(zip)
DNA Crystallography and the Anatomy of Franklin's Photo 51: VIEW FLASH ANIMATION
Topology
Linking Number: VIEW ANIMATION, Downloadable compressed version: PC(exe) or QuickTime(bin)
Twist and Writhe: VIEW ANIMATION, Downloadable compressed version: PC(exe) or QuickTime(bin)
Twist and Writhe Interconversion: VIEW ANIMATION, Downloadable compressed version: PC(exe) or QuickTime(bin)
Ethidium Bromide: VIEW ANIMATION, Downloadable compressed version: PC(exe) or QuickTime(bin)
Changing Topology: VIEW ANIMATION, Downloadable compressed version: PC(exe) or QuickTime(bin)
Recombination
The Holliday Model: VIEW ANIMATION, Downloadable compressed version: PC(exe) or QuickTime(bin)
General Recombination: VIEW ANIMATION, Downloadable compressed version: PC(exe) or QuickTime(bin)
Site Specific Recombination: VIEW ANIMATION, Downloadable compressed version: PC(exe) or QuickTime(bin)
DNA Repair
Structure of Human 8-Oxoguanine DNA Glycosylase (hOGG1): VIEW QuickTime Movie
Dna Replication Animation Mcgraw
DNA Genetics
- Silence Of The Genes Rockefeller University
- Electrophoresis Thinkwell
- PCR Animation Dolan DNA Learning Center
- PCR Mutagenesis Science Media
- Southern Blot Animation Dolan DNA Learning Center
- Jumping Genes (AC/DS Transposition) Dolan DNA Learning Center
- Plasmid Cloning Sumanas Inc.
- Construction of a DNA Library Sumanas Inc.
- Gene Almanac Dolan DNA Learning Center
- Plasmids, Restriction Digestion, DNA gels UCSC Core Lab
- Paternity Testing Sumanas Inc.
- DNA Discovery Modules - Learn by Doing (Virtually) University of Massachusetts
- Chromosome 11 -Sickle Cell Gene Channel 4
- Inherited Disease Koshland Science Museum
- Gene Technology McGraw-Hill
- Control of Gene Expression McGraw-Hill
- Genomics Annenberg/CPB
- Genetically Modified Organisms Annenberg/CPB
- Gene Gun purdue.edu
- Genetic Engineering to Produce Insulin ABPI Resources for Schools