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• Human Genome Project
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• "The Discovery of the Molecular Structure of DNA - the Double Helix." NobelPrize.org.
  http://nobelprize.org/educational_games/ medicine/dna_double_helix/readmore.html
• DNA Interactive
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• "Double Helix: 50 years of DNA." Nature, March 15, 2007.
  http://www.nature.com/nature/dna50/index.html
• "Genomics and Its Impact on Science and Society: A 2003 Primer." Human Genome Program, U.S. Department of Energy, 2003.
  http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/ publicat/primer2001/index.shtml
• "Molecular Biology Review." National Center for Biotechnology Information. November 4, 2002.
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• NIH/NCBI Science Primer
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• "The Science Behind The Human Genome Project." Human Genome Project Information. August 29, 2006.
  http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/ project/info.shtml
• "The Search for DNA - The Birth of Molecular Biology." Access Excellence: The National Health Museum, 1990.
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• "The Secret of Photo 51." PBS Nova.
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