Genetics Education Web Sites Awarded New Science Prize (4 of 10) (IMAGE)

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Genetics Education Web Sites Awarded New Science Prize (4 of 10)

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In the PCR virtual lab on Learn.Genetics users carry out the steps to make billions of copies of a DNA segment -- an important step in diagnosing diseases and matching criminals to crime scenes. This image relates to an essay that appeared in the Jan. 29, 2010, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The essay, by Dr. Louisa A. Stark and Dr. Kevin Pompei at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah, was titled, "Making Genetics Easy to Understand."

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