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Megan

Books: Crow, James F. "Interbreeding." Genetics Notes. 7th ed. Minneapolis: Burgess Pub., 1976. 169+. Print.

This book was very helpful. One of the reasons was because it did not just talk about genetics but also plant genetics. In addition, it was very descriptive.

Arnett, Jr., Ross H., and George F. Bazinet, Jr. "Plant Genetics." Plant Biology. 4th ed. St. Louis: C.V. Mosby, 1977. 321+. Print.

This book was very helpful. I learned lots about Plant Biology. It was also helpful because it had a bunch of our headings in the book too.

Websites:  "Biology of Plants: Introduction." MBGnet. Web. 23 Feb. 2012. .

On this site, I got information about plant biology. I also used the information about plant parts and making food.

"Crop Genetics at Virginia Tech." Soybean Breeding. Web. 20 Feb. 2012. .

On this site, I used the information about the soybean project. This site helped me get almost everything I needed for that heading.

"Â Definitions of MoleculeÂ Â [ËˆmÉ’l É™ËŒkyul]ÂÂ ." What Does Molecule Mean? Web. 05 Mar. 2012. .

This is a dictionary site I used to look up the word molecule. I used it to get the exact definition.

"Â Definitions of OrganismÂ Â [ËˆÉ”r GÉ™ËŒnÉªz É™m]ÂÂ ." What Does Organism Mean? Web. 05 Mar. 2012. .

This is a dictionary site I used to look up the exact definition of some words.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">"Genes." Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com. Web. 05 Mar. 2012. <http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/genes>.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">I used this site to look up some of the meanings to the words I did not know while doing my research.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">"Genetics." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 03 Jan. 2012. Web. 16 Feb. 2012. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetics>.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">On this site, I got information about genetics. It was very helpful because it was very detailed.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">"Google." Google. Web. 05 Mar. 2012. <http://www.google.com/>.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Orwell, Mark. "Topics in Plant Genetics." EHow. Demand Media, 27 May 2011. Web. 27 Feb. 2012. <http://www.ehow.com/info_8499417_topics-plant-genetics.html>.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">On this site, I got information about Plant Genetics. This site was very helpful because it had lots of information.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">"Plant Breeding." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 23 Feb. 2012. Web. 20 Feb. 2012. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant_breeding>.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">On this site, I got lots of information about plant breeding. It was very helpful and very specific with all the information.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">"Plant Genetics [M.Tevfik Dorak]." M.Tevfik DORAK's Website. Web. 29 Jan. 2012. <http://dorakmt.tripod.com/genetics/notes11.html>.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">This site I used for information about Plant genetics. It was very useful because it has lots of information.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">"We're Getting You a New Answer..." What Are Plant Genetics. Web. 27 Jan. 2012. <http://www.chacha.com/askChaCha/what are plant genetics>.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">This is a question and answer site that I have found and used. It is very useful because it answers right away. I always make sure the answers are correct though.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">"We're Getting You a New Answer..." What Does Interbreeding Mean. Web. 05 Mar. 2012. <http://www.chacha.com/askChaCha/what%20does%20interbreeding%20mean>.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">"What Does Photosynthesis Mean in English?" WikiAnswers. Answers. Web. 05 Mar. 2012. <http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_does_photosynthesis_mean_in_English>.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">This is a site that I used to learn more about photosynthesis. I found it on Google. It was quite helpful because it gave the strait out answer.

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Books:
This book gave me information on Plant Biology. It told me what plants do for the world. It also helped confirm things I learned about Plant Biology from other sites.
 * <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Rost, Thomas L., Michael G. Barbour, C. Ralph Stocking, and Terence M. Murphy. //Plant Biology//. 2nd ed. Thomson, 2006. Print. **

This book gave me information on Genetics, Plant Genetics, and Plant Breeding. It gave me information on what happens if you breed two different plants together. It also gave me information on a little bit of the history of Genetics and examples on heredity.
 * Taylor, Robert. //Genetics//. Farmington Hills: Lucent, 2004. Print. **

Websites:
I used yourdictionary.com for many verifications of definitions. This site was helpful for all of the research headings. Some of the definitions I searched were: herdity, genetics, and genes.
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">YourDictionary.com //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">. LoveToKnow, Corp. Web. Jan.-Feb. 2012. <http://www.yourdictionary.com/>. **

I used this site to understand what genetics is. It was helpful for my background of Plant Genetics, which is closely related with Genetics. It gave me the definition of genetics, and how we may use it now or before, in prehistory.
 * <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">"What Is Genetics?" //Automation in Microbiology and Biosciences//. Web. Jan.-Feb. 2012. <http://www.bionewsonline.com/a/what_is_genetics.htm>. **

I used this site for information on Plant Biology. It gave me the basics of what it was. Among other things, plant biology can be the study of populations of plants, plant organisms, cellular components of plants, and their molecular mechanisms.
 * <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">"The Simple Homeschool Plant Biology Resources." //Plant Biology//. Web. Jan.-Feb. 2012. <http://www.the-simple-homeschool.com/plant-biology.html>. **

<span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">I used this site to find information on genetics and heredity. It helped me understand what genetics and heredity are. Also, it gave me a good background for understanding Plant Genetics.
 * <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">"Heredity and Genetics." //What Is Genetics and Heredity?// Web. Jan.-Feb. 2012. <http://www.cccoe.net/genetics/heredity.html>. **

This site gave me information on genetics. It taught me about Gregor Mendel, the father of genetics, Gregor Mendel was a monk who did an experiment on peas which he grew in his garden. He discovered the natural laws of heredity, which are now known as the Mendelian Laws.
 * <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">"Mendel: The Father of Genetics." //The Gene School - Mendel: The Father of Genetics//. Web. Jan.-Feb. 2012. <http://library.thinkquest.org/19037/idfog.html>. **

This site helped me with the plant breeding heading. It gave me the definition of plant breeding. It also helped me understand how people breed plants.
 * <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">"Plant Breeding." //Plant Breeding - Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia//. Web. Jan.-Feb. 2012. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant_breeding>. **

<span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">I used this site to help me with the plant breeding heading. It gave me the names of plants which are most commonly genetically modified. Some of these plants were: corn, cotton, tomatoes, and potatoes.
 * <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">"Genetically Modified Crops: Most Common." //Healthy Eating Politics: Alternative Information About Diet and Health//. Web. Jan.-Feb. 2012. <http://www.healthy-eating-politics.com/genetically-modified-crops.html>. **

I used this site to learn more about the Plant Genetics heading. It showed me courses of plant biology and what they did in them. This gave me what plant genetics covered/included.
 * <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">"Stanford Graduate School of Plant Biology - Courses Page." //Plant Biology//. Web. Feb.-Mar. 2012. <http://plantbiology.stanford.edu/courses.html>. **

Other:
<span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">I asked Dr.Sandhu many questions while working on my research paper. He explained many complicated things to me. For example, the research projects on the Alternate Dwarfing System of Wheat, and the Genes Involved in the Reproduction of Soybean.
 * <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">"Dr. Sandhu Research Paper Questions." Personal interview. 26 Feb. 2012. **

Emily's Sources Books: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Hasan, Heather. //Mendel and the Laws of Genetics//. New York: Rosen, 2005. Print ** <span style="color: #ff6300; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">This book helped me fully understand Mendel’s experiments and what he was trying to accomplish. Also, it verified the information I found online about Mendel and the various laws of genetics. I used this book for the genetics and plant genetics headings in my research paper. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Dowdy, Penny. //Plant Cells//. New York: Crabtree Pub., 2010. Print. ** <span style="color: #ff6300; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">This book helped me understand the processes of photosynthesis, pollination, and reproduction in plants. Also, the book contained interesting information about how plants are useful to us and how specific plants can help us create different types of power, such as power to fuel cars. This book also talked about Mendel and the Punnett Squares for soybean that verified all the other information I found before. I used this book for the plant biology, plant genetics, and plant breeding headings.

Websites:

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">"Biology of Plants: Starting to Grow." //MBGnet//. Web. 26 Feb. 2012. []. **

<span style="color: #ff6300; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">This site was useful for the plant biology heading. The site had definitions for some vocabulary words and had some good pictures and videos that helped me understand the text better. Also, this site was very reliable because it was written by the Missouri Botanical Garden Net, which focuses on the study of plants and plant biology.

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">"Biology of Plants: Making Food." //MBGnet//. Web. 26 Feb. 2012. []. **

<span style="color: #ff6300; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">This site really helped me understand the process of photosynthesis and what plants need to make food. Also, this site showed information about what food come directly and indirectly from plants. All of this information was extremely helpful for the plant biology heading.

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">"Biology of Plants: Pollination." //MBGnet//. Web. 26 Feb. 2012. []. **

<span style="color: #ff6300; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">This site contained some very good information about pollination and plant reproduction. This site helped me find information for the plant biology, plant genetics, and plant breeding headings. Also, the labeled pictures helped me visualize the parts of the flower that were important in reproduction, which was important so I had a better understanding of what I was writing about.

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Faloon, Suzie. "Where Are Seeds Made in a Flower?" //EHow Home//. Web. 26 Feb. 2012. []. **

<span style="color: #ff6300; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">This site was helpful when I was confused on how seeds were developed after the pollination stage in plants. Also, this site verified the information I collected about pollination and plant parts from the other site. This site also lead me to find other resources that I could use on the other parts of my research.

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">"Home." //Plant Biology//. Botanical Society of America. Web. 26 Feb. 2012. []. **

<span style="color: #ff6300; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">This reliable site from the Botanical Society of America helped a lot with the plant biology heading. This site had information about all different kinds of plant and how they pollination and survive in nature. This site also contained information about the growth stages in plants, including underwater plants, which was extremely interesting information I included in my research.

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">"The Gene School." //ThinkQuest//. Oracle Foundation. Web. 26 Feb. 2012. []. **

<span style="color: #ff6300; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">This site helped me find and check to see if information was correct from the other sites. I used this site for the genetics and plant genetics headings. This site really helped me understand the Punnett Square and how it works. Also, this site was extremely important in defining the process of meiosis and showing a visual that really helped me figure out what to write about meiosis.

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Rajeev, Loveleena. "Asexual Reproduction in Plants." //Buzzle//. 23 Sept. 2011. Web. 26 Feb. 2012. []. **

<span style="color: #ff6300; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">This site really helped me figure out how plants reproduce. Also, it had some useful information about why asexual plant reproduction was more widely used by plant nurseries compared to sexual reproduction methods. Lastly, this site got me started with the basic information for the plant breeding heading as well as the plant genetics heading.

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">O'Neil, Dennis. "Mendel's Genetics." //Basic Principals of Genetics//. 9 Dec. 2011. Web. 26 Feb. 2012. []. **

<span style="color: #ff6300; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">This site explained Mendel’s research, experiments, and theory very well. This site also helped show the different generations and how the different traits in plant are inherited, by having diagrams and writings about the topic. I mainly used this site for the plant genetics heading and it helped me define some important vocabulary within that heading such as the law of independent assortment.

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">"Plant Breeding." //Wikipedia//. 23 Feb. 2012. Web. 26 Feb. 2012. []. **

<span style="color: #ff6300; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">This site was about plant breeding. It outlined the history of plant breeding and it told information about how modern day plant breeding works as well as getting into the issues and concerns with plant breeding. Also, I used this site to make sure some of my other information I had collect was accurate.

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">"Plant Breeding." //Theagricos: Knowledge, Breeder//. Web. 26 Feb. 2012. []. **

<span style="color: #ff6300; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">This site defined the term plant breeding and told the different reasons for why farmers use plant breeding. This site also contained information about the different plant breeding methods. I mainly used this site so that I could make sure I had the correct definition for plant breeding and I needed to add some of the reasons for plant breeding to my writing.

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">"Seed Dormancy." //Theagricos: Knowledge, Breeder//. Web. 26 Feb. 2012. []. **

<span style="color: #ff6300; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">This site contained information about what seed dormancy was and the different types of dormancy are. I used this site because I was unsure of what dormancy was and that was one of the reasons some farmers used plant breeding. Also, I wanted some background information on this topic before I wrote about it in my research paper.

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Hedden, Peter. "Green Revolution Genes." //Fifth Edition: Plant Physiology Online//. Aug. 2012. Web. 26 Feb. 2012. []. **

<span style="color: #ff6300; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">This site helped me with the identification of the alternate dwarfing system in wheat heading. This source was very reliable because it was written by a scientist that was studying the topic. I got a lot of information from this site that I couldn’t find in other sites. Also, I used some of the pictures from this site because they helped you understand what all the different genes do to the wheat plant.

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">"Soybean Growth and Development." //Iowa State University: Soybean Extension and Research Program//. 9 Apr. 2007. Web. 26 Feb. 2012. []. **

<span style="color: #ff6300; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">This site was form the Iowa State University Soybean Extension and Research Program. It contained information about the growth stage in soybean and the reproductive stages in soybean. Also, this site really helped me understand the reproductive stages by including pictures of what each stage would look like. I used this site to help find information on the Genes involved in the reproduction of the Soybean heading.

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">“GIGANTEA Is a Nuclear Protein Involved in Phytochrome Signaling in Arabidopsis." //Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences//. Web. 26 Feb. 2012. []. **

<span style="color: #ff6300; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">This site contained information about the gigantea gene and how it was involved in the reproduction of the soybean. The site talked about what the gene controlled in the reproduction process and what traits it passed on to the next generation. Also, I knew this site was reliable because it was written by scientists who had researched this topic for a very long time.

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">"GIGANTEA Gene Is Involved in Soybean Maturity and Flowering." //Genetics//. Genetics Society of America. Web. 26 Feb. 2012. []. **

<span style="color: #ff6300; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">This site verified information I had found on the other site about the gigantea gene. Also, it told how the gigantea gene was involved specifically in soybean maturity and flowering time and length. This site was also very reliable because it was form the Genetics Society which specifically focuses its research on genetics and genes.