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ERIC Number: EJ533175
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0036-8555
Simulating Electrophoresis.
Moertel, Cheryl; Frutiger, Bruce
Science Teacher, v63 n8 p50-52 Nov 1996
Describes a DNA fingerprinting simulation that uses vegetable food coloring and plastic food containers instead of DNA and expensive gel electrophoresis chambers. Allows students to decipher unknown combinations of dyes in a method similar to that used to decipher samples of DNA in DNA fingerprint techniques. (JRH)
Descriptors: Chemical Analysis, DNA, Genetics, Science Activities, Science Experiments, Secondary Education, Simulation
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Electrophoresis