Human Reproductive Technology Timeline More couples than ever require some sort of assistance from reproductive technologies in order to have a child. Your task is to use library resources and the Internet to research key developments in human reproductive technology and discuss how/why these developments have been so important in the development of reproductive technology. Subject headings, keywords Mendel                   genes                       inheritance                 test-tube baby      cloning                   ultrasound                 genetic screening        genetic engineering    DNA                       gene profiling             human genome            infertility                       in-vitro fertilisation or IVF                         biotechnology Dewey Numbers 572.8, 572.86, 576.5, 612, 660.65,   Reference: science encyclopaedias, World book encyclopaedia, and Britannica Information file Genetics, cloning On-line databases EPIC database search http://www.tki.org.nz/r/epic/ . the TKI login is - darfieldhs, password: 22darfieldhs.  Go to the Science area and 'access database' in the relevant area. Websites http://www.geneticsandsociety.org/  (centre for genetics - type in the search box 'genetic screening) http://www.fieldmuseum.org/mendel/story.asp (Mendel's story) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregor_Mendel Mendel http://www.imaginis.com/ultrasound/ ultrasound http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_engineering http://genomics.energy.gov/ human genome project http://www.accessexcellence.org/WN/SUA09/clone297.php sheep cloning http://history1900s.about.com/od/medicaladvancesissues/a/testtubebaby.htm test tube baby http://www.accessexcellence.org/ (type in history of genetic engineering in the search box http://www.bio.davidson.edu/people/kahales/geneticslinks.html links to related subjects on genetics http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In-vitro_fertilization IVF http://health.howstuffworks.com/fertility-channel.htm scroll down for different articles http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/medicine/genetest.shtml (gene testing)