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Origin Of Species - An Illustrated Guide (BBC)
Palaeomap

Evolution, Phylogenetics, Molecular Biology
Biodiversity
Science & Technology Policy
A globalized world
Miscellany
Trends in Science and Technology
Genetic Engineering
Food, Agriculture, Development

Evolution, Phylogenetics, Molecular Biology
Organismal Biology, Evolution, Phylogenetics
Teaching/Learning
Introduction (Weston & Crisp)
Comparative Analysis of signals in sequences (Penny)
Molecular Systematics Course
Glossary of Phylogenetic Systematics
Journey into the World of Cladistics
The Compleat Cladist
Compiled links to courses (Brown, Grinnell)
Tutorial (USC)
Science Primer (NCBI)
Resources
Biodiversity links (Tree of Life)
Evolution: Harvard University
Phylogenetics Resources (UCBerekeley)
Databases
RBG, Kew - Database Introduction
IAPT - Find plant names
Tree of Life
TreeBASE
RiceWeb
Plant Systematics
Angiosperm Phylogeny Website  (Peter Stevens)
PBIO 450 Lecture Notes  (James Reveal)
"Deep Green"
Angiosperm fams Line drawings


Software
List of Phylogeny programs (Joe Felsenstein)
PHYLIP: Phylogeny Inference Package
PAML: Phylogenetic Analysis by Maximum Likelihood
DAMBE: Data Analysis in Mol Biol and Evol
MacClade
r8s: Analysis of rates of evolution
Molecular Evolution (Milinkovitch lab, Belgium)
EMBOSS (to replace GCG)
Staden Package
Open Directory Project: Bioinformatics Software
Plant Biology: Malmberg Lab
Comparative methods software
Commercial
Phred/Phrap/Consed (U Wash)
GCG (now Accelrys)
Sequencher
Softberry (can test programmes online)
Online Tools
ClustalX
Nucleotide Alignment: Genestream
Protein structure prediction
RNA secondary structure prediction
Protein structure practicals (EMBO)
Motif analysis (Phylomat)
Detecting selection
Miscellaneous
Finding antibodies
Nanosimulation of the cytoskeleton
Molecular Biology, Evolution
Teaching/Learning
Molecular Genetics (Melcher, OK State U)
Beginning Laboratory Manual (UMBC)
Practical Molecular Biology
Lab preps: Stocks and solutions
Metabolic Pathways
Molecular Workbench (NSF-funded)
Lab Protocols
AFLP, cloning, insitu: Stanford
NWFSC: Molecular Biology Protocols
Molecular biology Protocols: Biotaq.com
Resources
BioSci (www.bio.net)
123 Genomics: genomics and bioinformatics
Biotech's Science Resources
Art's Biotechnology Resource
Centre of Bioinformatics (CBI), Peking University
South Africa National Bioinformatics Institute
BioResearch Online
Human Molecular Genetics
Databases
The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)
Gramene: Comp. Mapping Resource for Grains
UK CropNet Databases
TropGene Databases
http://www.arabidopsis.org/
RNA primers, UCB

Biodiversity
Biodiversity-itself
Natural History Museums and Collections
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
The New York Botanical Garden
Tropicos: Image Gallery
Internet Directory for Botany
Album of the Plants of Israel
UCMP Express Lift to Taxa
The Tree of Life Home Page
Natural Diversity: Amateur
Instituto de Biolog’a, UNAM
CETEC Brasil
Ciencias Naturales y Museo U.N.L.P. (Argentina)
 
About Biodiversity
The Centre for Biodiversity Research at UBC

Biodiversity Information
Global Biodiversity Information Facility

Bioresources
Bioprospecting
Biodiversity Research Protocols
International Cooperative Biodiversity Program (NIH, NSF, USAID)
View from Asia
Latin American Student Organ.,  CSU



Policy and Biodiversity
Resources
Multilateral Envir. Agreements (UNEP)
CITES First Page
Biodiversity treaties, conventions  (Tufts U)
Environ. Policy Studies (Columbia U)
Biodiversity (World Resources Institute)
UNEP World Conserv. Monitoring Centre
US
U.S. Fish Wildlife Service: Intl Affairs
The National Plant Germplasm System
Information on Govt Bills etc
CBD
Intro to CBD (IISD)
Global Taxonomy Initiative
Access to Genetic Resources

General: Indigenous People (Colombia)
Yellowstone
The Yellowstone Case - Edmonds Institute
The Intl Center for Technology Assessment
Genetic Engineering, Genetic Modification
Online journals/databases
AgBioForum
AgBiotechNet (CABI) (Needs Subscription)
AgBiotechNet: Developing Countries (CABI)
Asia-Pacific Biotech
Resources
Information Systems for Biotechnology (ISB: Virgina Tech)
Useful Biotechnology Links
AgBioWorld Foundation (Tuskagee)
Biotechnology Fact sheets  (AGCare, Canada)
Third World Network
CID Biotech Home (Harvard Univ)
Biotech Law Web Server
Biotech Knowledge Center (Monsanto)
Biotech Bibliographies (NAL/USDA)
Biotech websites and documents (NAL/USDA)
Biotech Policy: US
US Biotechnology Regulation
Biotechnology Regulatory Services , USDA-APHIS
Food and Environment (UCUSA)

US EPA Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS)
FDA/CFSAN Federal Register 62 FR 18937 April 17, 1997
USDA Biotechnology Permits Branch
USDA APHIS permits (Can't enter Biotech!)

Facts
US EPA: Biopesticides: Bt
Delta Pine & Land-Monsanto merger (1998)
Info
Who's Minding the Store? (EDF 1/1/'95)
Education
Biotechnology Tutorials online (UCD)
Biotechnology Information (UCB)
Biotech. Glossary (Technomic Publ)
Transgenic Crops: Introduction and Resources (Colorado State University)
Plant Genomics (UCD)
Protein engineering
How the Terminator Terminates
PBS - harvest of fear
Courses

National Academy of Sciences (USA)
Designer Seeds


Pest Resistance Genes
ISB: Workshop Proceedings
USDA on Terminator
Protecting technology and encouraging development (USDA7/00)
Why USDA's Technology Protection System Benefits Agriculture (12/2001)
Bt protein and gene
Bt-Based Insect Resistance (Cornell Unvi)
2000 Bollgard Cotton Performance North Carolina
Bt toxin (EPA document, 9/1995)
Bt Toxin Resources (USDA 9/1997)
Increasing the toxicity of Bt (FEBS)
Bt  News
AgBiotechNet -Bt Plants: Resistance and other issues
Bt Cotton Is Potential Economic Saviour
Agronomic Problems With GM Cotton
The Economics of Bt Cotton
Science & Technology Policy
Policy
US
House Science Committee
US EPA FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP)
US Government information
Office of the US Trade Representative
History, Resources
The Early Cold War and Formulation of U.S. Science Policy
Food and Drug Law Institute (FDLI)
Commision on Professionals in Science and Technology

Policy: National, Regional
European Technology Assessment Network
Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (Europe)
Food Safety from the Farm to the Fork (Europe)
Waiter, there's a gene in my food (Australia)
Report of consensus conference on gene technology in food chain (Australia)
Technology strategy, devel. and policy (Australia)
Regulation of Biotechnology in Canada

Canada: Policy.ca
The Public
The Loka Institute
US Public & Biotech1995-98 (Virginia Tech)
Alliance for Bio-Integrity (Iowa)

Campaign to label GE foods
Norfolk Genetic Information Network
Genetically Manipulated Food (Feb 8 2001)
Pusztai's Homepage
Trading in Genes and Genetic Resources for Plant Breeding (Ahloowalia)
Intellectual Property Rights
IPRs and Biodiversity (readings)
UN's FAO Votes for Broad Limits on Crop Patents
International Union for Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV)
International Undertaking on Plant Genetic Resources (UKabc)
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
Patents and laws
Overview of US patent law
USPTO - search
Bad patents (US)
Patent information from Japan



Biosafety Issues
Biosafety Web Pages
Cartagena, Colombia
Plant Exclusions (CHECK)

Other
World Conference on Science, Budapest 1999

Ethics
Ethics resources, Canada
Ethics - Useful Links
Can selfishness save the environment? (Ridley & Low 1993 Atlantic: Needs subscription)
Statement by Bruce Alberts re Darkness in El Dorado
Ethics in Science
Do scientists need a code of ethics?
Codes of Ethics Online
Thesaurus of Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (AAAS)
Workshop of Access and Benefit Sharing
CBD-ethics


AIBS
ICOM Code of ethics for Museums
Manual of Natural History Curatorship
Smithsonian: Ethics course, documents
Amer. Zoo and Aquarium Association
Museums
Herpetologists, Queensland
New Zealand Native Orchid Group
Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology
Ecological Society of America







Alberta Society of Prof. Biologists
Society for in viro Biology
American Society for Biochemists and Molecular Biologists
Bioethics UK

CBD: Article 8 (j)
Ethics in Anthropology
American Anthropological Association
International Society of Ethnobiology
Inter-American Biodiversity Information Network
National Herbalists Association of Australia
Food, Agriculture, Development
FAO World Agriculture: towards 2015/2030
FoodFirst.org (USA)
Cuba: Sustainable Agriculture
National Center for Food Agr Policy (USA)
International Food Policy Research Institute (USA)
Key Trends in Feeding the World, 1970-95
Plants and Population: Is There Time? (PNAS 96, 1999)
The Globalization of Science (ISNAR)
The Corporate Expropriation of Species (1998)
UK Food Group
FAO Statement on Biotechnology
GM Crops Containing Pesticide Genes (NAS)
Can Biotechnology help (CGIAR)?
OECD publications on Biotechnology
Biotech. in Crops: Issues for the developing world (Oxfam)
Transgenic Plants and World Agriculture (NAS etc)|
Remarks by Charles M. Benbrook
Agricultural Biotechnology for Eastern and Central Africa
Food safety issues (Europe)
Agricultural Research
ICAR-Indian Council of Agricultural Research
IITA | Home page
Henry A. Wallace Institute for Alternative Agriculture
The Energy and Resources Insitute, New Delhi, India
M.S.Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai, India
CGPRT (UN) Centre, Bogor, Indonesia
Major World Crop Areas and Climate (USDA)
Australian New Crops Web Site
The Intl Centre for Genetic Engg and Biotechnology (ICGEB)
International Plant Genetic Resources Institute
Central Tuber Crops Research Insititute (CTCRI)
Development
Association for India's Development (AID)
Welcome to SRISTI
International Development Research Centre (Canada)
World Bank




Journals online
Geneflow: IPGRI journal
AGRIS/CARIS - FAO journal
New Agriculturist (UK)
Science Functional Genomics Home

News, stories on GM foods
Environment News Service
Yahoo! Genetically Modified Food Debate
News on Genetic Engineering (last 2001)
Genetech
ETC group
Guardian: Genes
, Climate change, agriculture
New Scientist: GM
BBC: 3rdWorld, Food fears
Miscellany: India/Asia/Other
Who's Who among South Asian Women
SAJA: South Asian Journalists Association
SOUTH ASIAN INITIATIVE
India Together
Frontline
India Today
Outlook
HAMARA-CD
Old Hindi songs
IndoWindow.com
Census of India, Govt. of India
Indology: John  Smith
CIA -- The World Factbook -- India
Afghan News Channel (A.N.C.)
Afgha.com - Site of the Afghan Resistance

The Patrin Web Journal - Romani (Gypsy) Culture and History


Indus Valley: Discoveries 1995-1998
Jomo K. S.: Winner and Losers of Globalization



Spices (French)
A Rum Site: Bay Oil and Rum
Sorting Piper name
King's American Dispensatory: Piper Methysticum
Indian Horticulture: Spices
History of English Cookery Glossary
Unani Medicinal Plants
Spices in Medieval Europe: Economics
SE Asia, Korea, and Japan (1453)

Global Bioscience Develop. Institute
African Biotech and Agriculture
The African Agri. Technol Foundation




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 R. Geeta                                                                                                                                        This page last updated October 27, 2005