Learning Exercise
Understanding Automated DNA Techniques
Students will perform a virtual lab that encompasses identifying a bacterium using a small sample of DNA. They will use the automated Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) technique to amplify the sample, use a gene sequencer to determine the nucleotide sequence, and compare the results to a DNA database to identify the organism.
Course: General Biology I (Non-majors) Lab
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- Virtual Bacterial Identification Lab
- Date last modified:
- February 28, 2003
- Created by:
- alan elkins
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A virtual lab where you carry out the sequential steps to isolate bacterai, purify DNA, PCR amplify the DNA, sequence... see more
Exercise
Students will log on to the site using the computers in the lab. They will
perform the virtual lab as if it were a ?hands on? lab experiment. They will
prepare a lab report following the same guidelines as any other lab. Reports
will be due the following lab period.
perform the virtual lab as if it were a ?hands on? lab experiment. They will
prepare a lab report following the same guidelines as any other lab. Reports
will be due the following lab period.