Lab Write Up PagePurpose-The purpose of this lab was to find out if we were heterozygous or homozygous. We did this by looking at the lengths of our alu genes.
Hypothesis-My hypothesis is that I will be heterozygous. Materials/Procedure- http://academic.regis.edu/tnakamur/Alu_student.pdf Results-I turned out to be heterozygous like I predicted. I completed the purpose. Analysis- This means that I have one small and one big Alu gene. This has to do with where our ancestors came from. Length of the Alu gene includes Africans<Indians<Asians<Europeans. Errors-We made an error spilling the gel at first. This was because our tape was not sealed correctly. We ended up losing most of our gel before it completely solidified, so we had to borrow some from another group. That seems to be the only error. Conclusion-We took cheek cells from our cheek using salt water. We then put it into containers labeled DNA. We ended up putting our DNA into the gel that we made and ran an electric current through it. This allowed us to see our lengthof our alu gene. I completed the purpose and made one error. |
Alu Cell VideoThis is a video of our gel containing our cells while having an electric current run through it.
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Alu gelThis is my Alu gene the two pink lines in the third lane. I have one short and one long Alu gene. One is up by 700 and the other by 400. That means I am heterozygous.
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