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for the Alu Classroom exercise
In
this experiment, students isolate their own genomic
DNA from cheek cells. They then use polymerase chain
reaction (PCR) to amplify (make millions of copies
of) a region of chromosome 16 that may or may not
contain a ėjumping gene.î Finally, students use
agarose gel electrophoresis to separate the DNA
according to size. Pieces of DNA without the ėjumping
geneî would be 550 bases long, while DNA containing
the ėjumping geneî would have been 850 bases long.
Alu results for all
BIO 111, 115 and 151 sections are displayed outside the UBL in room 394 of building
33 each quarter.
