Download DNA Fingerprinting Questions

DNA Fingerprinting Questions
1) What are the four different bases that make up DNA? Which bases always pair
up with one another?
a. four bases
b. base pairs
2) How does DNA determine the individual traits of humans?
3) What are the six steps of DNA fingerprinting?
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4) Why are DNA fingerprints useful for forensic science?
DNA Fingerprinting Postlab Questions
1) In this lab you simulated DNA Fingerprinting. From what you have seen, how
can you tell one DNA fingerprint from another?
2) Which DNA fingerprints matched one another? What does this tell us about the
crime and how can we use this information?
3) What was the point of the restriction enzymes (using scissors)?
4) How were the DNA fragments organized on the gel (the DNA fingerprint)?
5) Why did we highlight certain sections of the DNA? What does the highlighter
simulate from real fingerprinting technique?
6) What do you think could be some possible problems with DNA fingerprinting?
(Feel free to look online if you want).