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This page contains a combined list of links to websites grouped by the following subjects:  

See Also:  

• Internet Resources : Environmental Science
• Online Quick Reference - for definitions of unfamiliar terms etc

Animal Behaviour, Taxonomy, Ecology & Conservation

Ecology, Evolution and Behaviour
School of Biological Sciences, The University of Auckland.

American Museum of Natural History : Biodiversity
The Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, established at the American Museum of Natural History in 1993, is a facility dedicated to the study and conservation of biological diversity, defined as the variety of life in all its forms and the interactions among these living forms and their environment.

Animal Skull Collection
A collection of information and images of the skulls of animals, grouped into the classes of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish.

Auckland Zoo

Auckland Zoo is committed to assisting in the conservation of New Zealand's wildlife. Our Native Section is involved in a number of captive breeding programmes.

Australia's Biodiversity [RealPlayer]
From Australian Museum Online comes this informative presentation on biodiversity. This searchable site allows visitors to learn fun biodiversity facts (such as the evolutionary history of the platypus and the secret life of kelp forests). Features of the site include RealMedia films on such topics as the Lizard Island Research Station and Sydney's Coastal Reefs and biodiversity and forestry case studies in Australia.

Biodiversity and Conservation (P. J. Bryant)
A hypertext book by Peter J. Bryant which seeks to describe "the origin, nature and value of biological diversity, the threats to its continued existence, and approaches to preserving what is left."

Biodiversity information 
Organized by NatureServe under headings species and ecological communities, and geographic area (for the American continent only).

Biodiversity: measuring the variety of nature
Contains discussion and graphs on the topics of Biodiversity Value, Rarity and Endemism, Conservation Priority & Gap Analysis, and Biogeography. Information is gathered by the Biogeography & Conservation Lab, a unit within the Natural History Museum.

BIRDNET
The site is a service of the Ornithological Council, a public information organization involving ten North American Professional Ornithological Societies.

Dinobase
University of Bristol database offering a wide range of taxonomic and general information about dinosaurs.

DUCKDATA : A Bibliographic Data Base for North American Waterfowl and Their Wetland Habitats
Provides a comprehensive bibliography of published literature on the ecology, conservation, and management of North American waterfowl and their wetland habitats. 

Electronic Resources on Ornithology
A large, international collection of annotated links to websites about birds. Arranged by region of the world.

Electronic Zoo
This site provides a large number of links to pages dealing with all kinds of animals -- everything from pets to lab animals to livestock to endangered species.

Flybrain. An Online Atlas and Database of the Drosophila Nervous System
Flybrain contains a variety of anatomical descriptions of the central and peripheral nervous system, both of the adult and of other developmental stages. All data are subjected to peer review, with opportunity for on-line feedback from users. Hypertext tour guide to the basic structure of the nervous system, and more specific information concerning different anatomical structures, developmental stages, and visualisation techniques.  

Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk (HEAR) Project
The aim of the project is to provide resources (technology, methods, and information) to resource managers statewide to aid in the fight against invasive alien speciese. The site contains distribution maps of selected alien species in Hawaii, the Harmful Non-Indigenous Species Database and full-text articles on alien species in Hawaii.

Hinterland Who's Who
89 fact sheets produced by the Canadian Wildlife Service relating to the appearance, life history, and habits of Canadian birds and mammals, as well as topics such as endangered species and bird feeding.

Integrated Taxonomic Information System
A list of biological names focusing on the biota of North America. Allows the user to query the database, generate reports, download data, compare taxonomy/nomenclature and submit data. There are also links to other taxonomy-related sites.

Interactive Frog Dissection
An on-line tutorial designed to help students learn the anatomy of a frog and give them a better understanding of the anatomy of vertebrate animals in general, including humans.

Introduction to the Aves
Concentrates on the paleontology and evolutionary history of birds. Explains what fossils tell us about birds, looks at their life cycle, and examines their body structure. Also contains links to other ornithological resources, including information on flight.

IUCN : The World Conservation Union
The IUCN is one of the world's oldest international conservation organisations. It was established in Fontainebleau, France on October 5, 1948 as the "International Union for the Protection of Nature" of IUPN. Today it is a union of governments, government agencies, and non-governmental organisations working at the field and policy levels, together with scientists and experts, to protect nature.

Mammal Species of the World
Contains the names of the 4,629 currently recognized species of mammals, in a taxonomic hierarchy that includes Order, Family, Subfamily, and Genus.

Natural Selection
Offers free access to a searchable catalogue of hand-selected and evaluated, quality Internet resources covering the natural world, co-ordinated by The Natural History Museum, London. New resources are added to the database on a weekly basis. Includes headings for Zoology, Palaezoology.

NatureServe - The Natural Heritage Network
This site coordinates links to organisations and subject related sites, concentrated on the American continent, and provides information on endangered species and related projects.

NCBI Taxonomy Browser
A quick and easy tool for finding the complete lineage for any species. The database allows searches by common name as well as scientific name.

New Zealand Biodiversity Information Online
This page is designed to explain actions being taken to implement the convention on biological diversity within New Zealand, and is largely focused on domestic implementation.

Photobiology Online
A collection of links and information on photobiology, the branch of biological science which studies the interactions of light with living organisms.

Species 2000
Has the objective of enumerating all known species of plants, animals, fungi and microbes on Earth as the baseline dataset for studies of global biodiversity. It will also provide a simple access point enabling users to link from here to other data systems for all groups of organisms, using direct species-links.

 
Taxonomic Hierarchy - commonly used categories
This list compiled by Thompson Scientific refers a selection of commonly used categories of animals to the relevant term in the Zoological Records Taxonomic Hierarchy. It links to the appropriate section of the hierarchy where the term can be found to show its placement in relationship to other taxa. Alternatively, the hierarchy for the taxonomic term may be found using the Hierarchy Search.  

Thompson's Index to Organism names (ION)

ION contains all the animal, plant, and virus names data found within the Thomson BIOSIS literature databases - namely Zoological Records, BIOSIS Previews and Biological Abstracts. Helpful for identifying original authors of partiuclar taxa and dates of description. 

Tree of Life
A project designed to contain information about the phylogenetic relationships and characteristics of organisms, to illustrate the diversity and unity of living organisms, and to link biological information available on the Internet in the form of a phylogenetic navigator.

Understanding Environmental Issues : an interdisciplinary perspective 
Resources for a paper taught at Rice University.

Web-based Conservation Resources 
Arranged by the Nature Conservancy.

Zoological Record - Systematic Thesaurus

The Systematic Thesaurus compiled by Thompson Scientific comprises around 7,000 taxonomic names of family level and above arranged phylogenetically in a hierarchical classification scheme representing the various taxonomic groups of the animal kingdom. It is not intended to be authoritative, but is based on established, standard reference works and accepted classification schemes. Sections of the hierarchy covering groups whose taxonomy is less stable are often not further subdivided, in order to maintain consistency in placement of taxa. The list also includes extinct fossil forms.

Biochemistry & Cellular Biology 

Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology Research Group
School of Biological Sciences, The University of Auckland

The American Society for Cell Biology

Apoptosis - (Wikipedia entry)
The Wikipedia entry for Apoptosis explains programmed cell death, pathology, and the relevance of apoptosis to HIV and cancers. Contains information on the history of development of apoptosis research.

ExPASy Molecular Biology Server
This is the ExPASy molecular biology WWW server of the Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics. This server is dedicated to the analysis of protein sequences and structures as well as 2-D PAGE.

Graphics Gallery
A collection of over 100 labeled diagrams illustrating key processes of biotechnology. Each diagram is followed by a summary of information, providing a context for the process illustrated. Most diagrams are available in pdf format.

Kimball's Biology Pages
Online text book specializing in cell and molecular biology. Each item may include a definition, cross links to other definitions, or links to "mini" essays on the topic.

The WWW Virtual Library : Cell Biology
A guide to Cell Biology on the Web, contains links to many other relevant Cell Biology sites, Angiogenesis through to Signal Transduction.

Biogeography

Biogeography: Wallace and Wegener
A short history tracing the origins of biogeography, including the pioneering theories of zoologist Alfred Russel Wallace and geologist Alfred Wegener, both of whose work showed that the world's faunal and floral distribution patterns can be explained by plate tectonics and contiental drift.

Early Classics in Biogeography, Distribution, and Diversity Studies: to 1950 
A bibliography and full-text archive for advanced students and researchers engaged in work in biogeography, biodiversity, history of science, and related studies. All are primary source published in or before 1950. Topics covered include ecology, conservation, systematics, physical geography, evolutionary biology, cultural biogeography, paleobiology, and bioclimatology.

Bioinformatics glossary
A comprehensive glossary of common and specific bioinformatics terms.

Bioinformatics web 
An updated online source for bioinformatics historical details, glossaries, definitions, research links, company listings, projects, career opportunities, databases and more.

Microbiology 

Microbiology Research Group
School of Biological Sciences, The University of Auckland

American Society for Microbiology (ASM)

Astrobiology Web
Contains recent news articles relating to exobiology and astrobiology and a message board as well as links to other space news on the web.

ICTVdB - Universal Virus Database
The goal of the ICTVdB is to describe all viruses of animals, plants, bacteria, fungi, and archaea from the family level down to strains and isolates.

International Society for Microbial Ecology

List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature 

Microbiology Resources on the Internet
Links page from the American Society for Microbiology. Sections include : Microbiology Databases/Culture Collections ; Microbiology Education ; Microbiological Sciences ; Bioinformatics/Nucleic Acid and Protein Analysis ; Biological Sciences ; Microbiology Images, and Public Education.

Microscopy & Microanalysis WWW site

Provides access to up-to-date information about State-of-the-Art Microscopy and Microanalysis programs in the AAEM/TPM effort of the ANL Materials Science Division as well as general information about On-Line information services which are administered for Local, National and International Microscopy/Microanalysis Societies.

TIGR Microbial Genomes Database
A not-for-profit research institute with interests in structural, functional, and comparative analysis of genomes and gene products in viruses, eubacteria, pathogenic bacteria, archaea, and eukaryotes (both plant and animal), including humans. Maintains a collection of curated databases containing DNA and protein sequences, gene expression, cellular roles, protein family, and taxonomic data for microbes, plants and humans.

Virology on the WWW
A comprehensive and well-organised collection of virology related websites. Also contains an index to virus pictures on the web, and a virology 'bookshop'.

Virus databases online
Provides access to the Universal Virus Database of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses.

Molecular Genetics and Development

Allan Wilson Centre
The Allan Wilson Centre for Molecular Ecology & Evolution is one of New Zealand’s Centres of Research Excellence. It was established in 2002 under the directorship of Mike Hendy and David Penny. Its members include several University of Auckland staff from the School of Biological Sciences and other departments.

The Arabidopsis Information Resource (TAIR)
Provides genomic and related data about Arabidopsis.

BioResearch
Offers free access to a searchable catalogue of quality reviewed Internet resources covering the biological and biomedical sciences; including genetics, biotechnology, virology, biochemistry and molecular biology. New resources are added to the database on a weekly basis.

Biotechnology Information Resource
This site, maintained by the National Agricultural Library of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), offers a wide-ranging collection of resources on biotechnology research and education. Resources include the full text of selected biotechnology patents (1994-96), research news and newsletters, links to sites involved in biotech education, government and NGO documents, bibliographies (all from 1996), and subject specific resources for Bovine Somatotropin (bST/BGH), Bioremediation, and BT Toxin.

Ecology Evolution and Behaviour Research Group
School of Biological Sciences, The University of Auckland

Genetics
The Oak Ridge National Laboratory provides links to a number of sites pertinent to the study of genetics.

GenomeNet WWW Server
A Japanese network of database and computational services for genome research and related research areas in molecular and cellular biology. GenomeNet was established in September 1991 under the Human Genome Program of the Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture. The GenomeNet services are operated jointly by Supercomputer Laboratory, Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University and the Human Genome Center, Institute of Medical Science, the University of Tokyo.

Guide for the laboratory use of zebrafish Danio (Brachydanio) rerio
Written by Monte Westerfield, Institute of Neuroscience, University of Oregon. Chapters include general methods for zebrafish care; breeding; embryonic and larval culture; microscopic observations cellular methods; dissociated cell culture; genetic methods; histological methods; molecular methods; recipes; references.

Human Genome Project Information
Contains material about the history, progress, research, and resources of the Human Genome Project.

Human Genome Resources
This Internet resource is maintained by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI, administrators of PubMed and GenBank) primarily as a central access point to valuable database resources for human genome researchers. The centerpiece of the opening page, The Genome at a Glance, is a diagram of the 24 human chromosomes with links to additional information on each chromosome. Each chromosome page summarizes that chromosome's sequencing progress and provides further links to disease genes, STS (sequence tagged site) maps, and chromosome alterations associated with cancers.

National Human Genome Research Institute
The NHGRI was established to achieve the goals of the Human Genome Project. This website includes a listing of conferernces and workshops, links to genetic databases on the web, information about ethical and legal implications, links to other research institutions, and a glossary of genetic terms.

National Information Resource on Ethics and Human Genetics
A bibliographic database containing records related to the study of ethics and human genetics. Items are held at the National Reference Center for Bioethics Literature.

Primer on Molecular Genetics
The Primer on Molecular Genetics is very much like an introductory biology text, teaching the core fundamentals of biology (DNA, gene mapping, linkage, etc).

Ribosomal Database Project - II
Provides ribosome related data services to the scientific community, including online data analysis, rRNA derived phylogenetic trees, and aligned and annotated rRNA sequences.

Saccharomyces Genome Database
A scientific database of the molecular biology and genetics of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

Scitable (Nature Publishing Group)
This site maintained by Nature Publishing Group editors is aimed at undergraduate and interested layperson level to explain basic concepts of genetics and heredity based on experimental evidence and data. There are links to key papers that hep explain the various concepts.

TIGR Microbial Genomes Database
A not-for-profit research institute with interests in structural, functional, and comparative analysis of genomes and gene products in viruses, eubacteria, pathogenic bacteria, archaea, and eukaryotes (both plant and animal), including humans. Maintains a collection of curated databases containing DNA and protein sequences, gene expression, cellular roles, protein family, and taxonomic data for microbes, plants and humans.

Zygote
This site provides materials to supplement and enrich courses in developmental biology. Organised in chapter form, with essays, papers or movies on selected topics.

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Plant Science 

Plant Molecular Science Research Group
School of Biological Sciences, The University of Auckland.  

Agriculture, Food and Forestry
Offers free access to a searchable catalogue of quality reviewed Internet resources in agriculture, food and forestry.

APSNet
An online resource for plant health information website produced by the American Phytopathological Society (APS).  APS is an international scientific organization devoted to the study of plant diseases and their control.

ASU Photosynthesis Center
Serves as an infastructure supporting and fostering research on photosynthesis. The ultimate scientific objective of the Center is elucidation of the basic principles governing the biochemical and biophysical processes of photosynthetic energy storage.

Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
Provides links to information extracted from the APNI database. This database is maintained by the Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research. APNI is a list of all published names of Australian vascular plants and their bibliographic and typification details.

Botanical Society of America Online Image Collection
Currently, there are approximately 800 images available for instructional use, divided into 14 collections: Plant Geography, Plant Morphology, Phloem Development, Xylem Development, Floral Ontogeny, Lichens, Economic Botany, Carnivorous Plants, Organography, Pollen, Paleobotany, Plant Defense Mechanisms, Plant Anatomy, and Cellular Communication Channels.

Botany.com
A collection of information about plants organised by common and botanical names. Information includes methods of cultivation, soil and temperature requirements, means of propagation, pest and insect problems etc. Includes a dictionary of botanical words, and links to botanical gardens, associations and societies.

Flora of China
This comprehensive site includes images, maps, and text on thousands of Chinese species as well as links to other sites related to botany and to China.

Flora of North America
Provides information on the 21,000-plus plants growing outside of cultivation north of Mexico. Includes an index "find" function for searching common and scientific names.

Fun with Lichens
Assists with identifying lichens by explaining their characteristics. Provides pictures and explanations for casual users as well as a more detailed synoptic key for advanced users.

GRIN Taxonomy
The Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) taxonomic data provides the structure and nomenclature for the accessions of the United States' National Plant Germplasm System (NPGS). Many plants (37,000 taxa, 14,000 genera) are included in GRIN taxonomy, especially economic plants.

HortNET
An internet based information and communication service especially designed for the horticulture industry. Developed by HortResearch, it concentrates key grower information in one place, providing access to industry journals, weather statistics, horticulture research, the latest horticultural news and much more.
Note : users have to register for this free service.

Internet Directory for Botany
A large collection of botanical links arranged by subject area. Includes conservation, economic and ethnobotany, gardening, journals, paleobotany, software, vascular plants, taxonomical databases and many other links.

International Plant Names Index 
A database of the names and associated basic bibliographical details of all seed plants. Its goal is to eliminate the need for repeated reference to primary sources for basic bibliographic information about plant names.

MendelWeb
An educational resource constructed around Gregor Mendel's 1865 paper "Experiments in Plant Hybridisation". Contains various different versions of this paper, and links to glossaries, notes, discussion questions and other sites of interest.

MykoWeb
Devoted to the science of mycology (the study of the fungi) and the hobby of mushrooming. Includes over1 000 photographs, a glossary of mycological terms and a bibliography of useful mycological references.

Natural History
Offers free access to a searchable catalogue of hand-selected and evaluated, quality Internet resources covering the natural world. Includes headings for Botany, Palaeobotany. 

Plant Image Gallery
Created and maintained by Thomas Schoepke of the Institute of Pharmacy at Greifswald University, this site may prove useful to both botanists and biology students. Behind the straightforward interface is a database of some 2,000 high-quality images of plants, mainly from Europe, Costa Rica, Japan, and the Galapagos Islands. Users can browse the images by four geographic galleries or by plant family. Entries include the Latin name, whether the plant is native or cultivated, and photo location.

Plant Pathology Internet Guide Book
A subject oriented internet resource guide for plant pathology, applied entomology, and all related fields. Contains many links to plant pathology related websites organised by subject, information on integrated pest management (IPM), databases, journals, glossaries etc.

Plant Viruses Online
Contains information on most species of virus known to infect plants, not only those whose virions have been described, but also those like umbraviruses that have no virion protein genes of their own, and use the virion proteins of their symbiotic helper viruses instead. Includes data on host range; transmission and control; geographical distribution; physical, chemical and genomic properties; taxonomy and relationships; and selected literature references.

PLANTS
PLANTS is a database which provides a single source of general information about the plant kingdom to researchers and other people interested in plants. PLANTS provides standardized plant names, symbols and other plant attribute information.

Ultimate Tree-ring Page
Designed to be the ultimate resource for information on tree-ring research (dendrochronology). Contains information on resources for dendrochronologists, links, references, databases, jobs, suppliers as well as a gallery of photos.

Virtual Cell
A collection of still images, texts and movies covering the structure and functioning of a typical plant cell.

Viruses of Plants in Australia
Distribution of plant viruses in Australia, their host range and importance to agriculture.

Population Genetics & Evolution 

Ecology Evolution and Behaviour Research Group
School of Biological Sciences, The University of Auckland

Tree of Life
A project designed to contain information about the phylogenetic relationships and characteristics of organisms, to illustrate the diversity and unity of living organisms, and to link biological information available on the Internet in the form of a phylogenetic navigator.

Proteomics & Biomedicine 

Proteomics & Biomedicine Research Group
School of Biological Sciences, The University of Auckland

Antibody Resource Page
Contains information about how to find antibodies, antibody suppliers, sequencing, immunology resources, and a gallery as well as other links.

Biomedical Engineering Network
Includes information on employment, grants, publications, forthcoming conferences, academic programs as well as a link to the Whitaker Foundation.

BLAST
NCBI's sequence similarity search tool designed to support analysis of nucleotide and protein databases

Database of Macromolecular Movements
Describes the motions that occur in proteins and other macromolecules, particularly using animations and movies. The main database is arranged around a multi-level classification scheme (e.g. motions of loops, domains or subunits).

Entrez
The WWW Entrez browser (provided by the National Center for Biotechnology Information) allows you to retrieve molecular biology data and bibliographic citations from the NCBI's integrated databases. These include: DNA sequences from GenBank; Protein sequences from Swiss-Prot, and translated protein sequences from the DNA sequence databases; Genome and chromosome mapping data; three-dimensional protein structures derived from PDB, and incorporated into NCBI's Molecular Modeling Database (MMDB); PubMed bibliographic database containing citations for nearly 9 million biomedical articles from the National Library of Medicine's MEDLINE and pre-MEDLINE databases.

Image Library of Biological Macromolecules
The IMB Jena Image Library of Biological Macromolecules is aimed at a better dissemination of information on three-dimensional biopolymer structures with an emphasis on visualization and analysis. It provides access to all structure entries deposited at the Protein Data Bank (PDB) or at the Nucleic Acid Database (NDB). In addition, basic information on the architecture of biopolymer structures is available. The IMB Jena Image Library intends to fulfill both scientific and educational needs.

PIR
The Protein Information Resource supports research on molecular evolution, functional genomics, and computational biology by providing an integrated system of protein sequence databases and related databases.

Protein Data Bank
An archive of experimentally determined three-dimensional structures of biological macromolecules, serving a global community of researchers, educators, and students.

Protemix Corporation 
Protemix is a New Zealand biotechnology company dedicated to the discovery, development and commercialisation of novel treatments for diabetes mellitus.

Structural Biology 

Structural Biology Research Group
School of Biological Sciences, The University of Auckland.

General and Teaching Resources

American Type Culture Collection (ATCC)
A global nonprofit bioscience organization that provides biological products, technical services, and educational programs to private industry, government, and academic organizations around the world. The mission of the ATCC is to acquire, authenticate, preserve, develop, and distribute biological materials, information, technology, intellectual property, and standards for the advancement, validation, and application of scientific knowledge.

CSU BioWeb
Consolidates existing biological sciences teaching and research resources and creates and distributes original multimedia resources for the teaching of biology. Contains links to resources on all aspects of biological sciences.

EurekAlert!
A 'global gateway to science, medicine and technology news'. Produced by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, this site covers the latest research advances in science, medicine, health and technology.

Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body
This online version features 1,247 vibrant engravings-many in color-from the classic 1918 publication, as well as a subject index with 13,000 entries ranging from the Antrum of Highmore to the Zonule of Zinn.

MIT Biology Hypertextbook
Online course book for an MIT Introductory Biology paper. Chapters include : Chemistry Review ; Large Molecules ; Cell Biology ; Enzyme Biochemistry ; Glycolysis and the Krebs Cycle ; Photosynthesis ;  Mendelian Genetics ; Central Dogma ; Prokaryotic Genetics and Gene Expression ; Recombinant DNA ; Immunology. Also provides additional tools to learn introductory molecular biology.

National Biological Information Infrastructure
Provides an electronic gateway to biological data provided by a variety or organisations. Useful for finding research programs and datasets.

New Zealand Legislation
Full-text links to relevant NZ Acts, Bills and Regulations.

Research Link 2000
A group of field-tested, experimental systems and instructional materials for use in biology labs and for independent study projects. Research Link 2000 includes the following research-based teaching systems : Blue Plants; Cercariae Larvae of Digenetic Trematodes; Chlamydomonas; C-Fern; Fast Plants; Freshwater Spring; Sea Anemone; Tobacco Hornworms; Yeast; Zebrafish.

SciCentral - Biological Sciences
A comprehensive site organised by subject and specialty. Provides links to sites on such subjects as immunology, molecular and cell biology, biochemistry, neurosciences, wildlife, fisheries and biodiversity, biotechnology, plant sciences and virology. Also contains links to information about conferences, databases, discussion groups, job searching, research communications, educational materials, institutions and journals.

ScienceDaily
Includes news releases on subjects ranging from astrophysics to zoology; articles are submitted by leading universities and other research organisations around the world. Also provides links to newsgroups and other sources of science news on the Internet.

SCIRUS

Scirus is the world's most comprehensive search engine specifically designed for finding highly relevant scientific information.  Searches can be restricted to broad subject areas, eg: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Biosciences, Environmental Sciences, Pharmacology, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering of Life Sciences.

Visible Human Project
This project is creating complete, anatomically detailed, three-dimensional representations of the male and female human body. The current phase of the project is collecting transverse CT, MRI and cryosection images of representative male and female cadavers at one millimeter intervals. The long-term goal of the Visible Human Project is to produce a system of knowledge structures that will transparently link visual knowledge forms to symbolic knowledge formats such as the names of body parts.

File last updated : November 18, 2009
Comments and suggestions to : John Lavas