The following links will provide you with access to recently published research and review articles and popular press coverage focusing on the genetic concepts covered in this chapter.

• Scientific American Explorations: Its Not All in the Genes (a feature focusing on the role of the environment in development).

• Prevelance of Genetic Conditions/ Birth Defects

The following sites will provide you with real-life cases and/or opinion articles focusing on the genetic concepts covered in each chapter. Read each case/article, consider the dilemma outlined, formulate your own opinions, and then discuss your views with your classmates, friends, family, and/or instructor. Several of the sites listed below will provide you with the opportunity to read the responses of other "web surfers" and to share your opinions in a "global conversation."

• Should Society Have a Role in Regulating Multiple Fetal Births from the Bioethics Discussion Pages: Read the commentary and share your thoughts and opinions in the on-line discussion area.

• Wrongful Life from the Bioethics Discussion Pages: Read the commentary and share your thoughts and opinions in the on-line discussion area.