Intro
For this project we were given the story of a crime scene and the family stories of everyone there. From the evidence found at the crime scene, and the family stories, we were able to figure out that Nancy Normal killed Carlton Comet and why she did this. After finding sufficient evidence we presented this to a "jury" and they decided whether or not to give us an arrest warrant for Nancy Normal.
Concepts used
DNA - the carrier of genetic information, present in all living organisms
Pedigree - a diagram showing the genealogy of an individual and their ancestors to follow a specific trait or disease
Chromatography - the separation of a mixture by passing it through a solution where the components bleed through at different rates
Gel electrophoresis - inserting DNA samples and dye into an agarose gel and charging the gel with electricity, the DNA moves to the positively charged side since it is negatively charged, the DNA is then displayed in size and color order based on how it moved through the gel, these arrangements allow you to easily differentiate which DNA samples match which
Blood Typing - using anti-serums to figure out the blood type of blood samples; clumps with anti-A = Type A, anti-B = B, anti-A and anti-B = Type AB, neither = Type O
DNA Fingerprinting - DNA samples found at the crime scene are compared with the suspects DNA to find a match
Karyotype - the arranging of an organism's chromosomes by size and number
Fingerprinting - each person has their own unique fingerprint within one of the three types of fingerprints [whorl, loop, or arch]
Incomplete dominance - neither gene is dominant, so an intermediate effect is shown in the hybrid
Pedigree - a diagram showing the genealogy of an individual and their ancestors to follow a specific trait or disease
Chromatography - the separation of a mixture by passing it through a solution where the components bleed through at different rates
Gel electrophoresis - inserting DNA samples and dye into an agarose gel and charging the gel with electricity, the DNA moves to the positively charged side since it is negatively charged, the DNA is then displayed in size and color order based on how it moved through the gel, these arrangements allow you to easily differentiate which DNA samples match which
Blood Typing - using anti-serums to figure out the blood type of blood samples; clumps with anti-A = Type A, anti-B = B, anti-A and anti-B = Type AB, neither = Type O
DNA Fingerprinting - DNA samples found at the crime scene are compared with the suspects DNA to find a match
Karyotype - the arranging of an organism's chromosomes by size and number
Fingerprinting - each person has their own unique fingerprint within one of the three types of fingerprints [whorl, loop, or arch]
Incomplete dominance - neither gene is dominant, so an intermediate effect is shown in the hybrid
The Slideshow
Reflection
This project definitely had its ups and downs. The first down was our group was very unproductive. This let us to have to do a lot at the end instead of being able to spread the work out through the project. On the other hand, when we worked I got a lot of work done along with others in my group, if we had been productive from the beginning we would have been finished really early. This project was also very spread out. A lot of the "evidence" had to be processed by one or two groups at a time. This meant a lot of down time, which led to a lot of distractions. We were able to work through this and finish the project however.