Strawberry Dna Extraction Lab Report
Minipcr bio learning labstm dna extraction from strawberries version release une b amplus c p 5 nsror s ie for the educator in the room this lab extracts dna from strawberries as opposed to other foods because strawberries contain large amounts of dna.
Strawberry dna extraction lab report. Each cell in a strawberry contains 8 copies of its genetic information. This method involves extracting dna from strawberry fruit. Given the momentousness of the dna it is one area that has adequately intrigued many researchers. The experiment commenced by squishing the strawberry sample in a sealed ziplock bag for 3 minutes.
Dna extraction virtual lab from learn genetics the university of utah do it yourself dna from science buddies. Strawberry dna extraction lab report reagan jaco natalie amodio janelle troutman rida saeed problem to find the dna of a strawberry. I think dna looks goopy because in a video a few days prior to our lab it was in a video in. The process of dna extraction for this experiment was done using the youtube method.
The strawberry dna will appear as gooey clear white stringy stuff. Friedrich miescher discovered dna extraction in 1869 tamari and hinkley 2016 p240 and since that time researchers across the ages have employed the techniques to isolate dna materials from plants and animals for research. 10 ml of dna extraction buffer 1000 ml of dna extraction buffer contains. We used strawberries because there would be a larger abundance of dna because they have 8 copies of each chromosome.
Background information dna is in all living things and stores all of the genetic information. Hypothesis if the strawberry is a living thing then it will have dna. Extracting the dna from a strawberry is easy and the most interesting because a strawberry is an. I used the alcohol extraction method to isolate dna and to make it visible to the naked eye.
The requirements for your strawberry dna extraction lab report. I chose strawberries because they are easy to manipulate and they contain a large genome. Biology b 22 march 2014 strawberry dna extraction lab report introduction. Slideshare uses cookies to improve functionality and performance and to provide you with relevant advertising.
In this lab my group and i are testing what dna looks like. The purpose of this experiment is to extract dna from strawberries. Strawberry dna extraction lab report.