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MaddieRoth Period7 April18,2012 DNAExtractionLab Objective:ToinvestigateandextractDNAandcompareitsqualityandquantityfromtwo differentorganisms. Introduction:ItishypothesizedthattheDNAofthewheatgermwillbepurpleandthesize 3ofaneraser.ItwasalsohypothesizedthattheDNAofaneggwillbeclearandthesizeof abottlecap. WhereDNAisfoundisinwithinthenucleusandthestructureofDNAlookslikea twistedladder.Deoxyriboseandphosphatemakeuptheveryoutsideoftheladder.On theinsidetheDNAismadeupofnitrogenbasesandthebasesbondtogether.Adenine bondswiththymineandcytosinebondswithguanine.Whyitisimportantforscientiststobe abletoremoveDNAfromcellsisbecauseyoucanfindthechemicalmakeupofanyliving organism.Whatwheatgermisthereproductivepartofwheatanditisaplantcell.

Procedure:Pleaseseeattachedsheets. Data: SourceofData WheatGerm Egg smallpencilerasercap bottlecap brownandwhite brightyellow

Results:TheresultsofthislabshowthatthefirsthypothesiswaswrongfortheDNAwas notpurpleandwassmallerthanaeraser.ThesecondhypothesiswaswrongfortheDNA wasnotclearandwaslargerthanabottlecap. AnalysisandConclusion:ThesamplesofDNAextractedinthislabdifferfromthe hypothesesbecausetheDNAforthewheatgermwasnotpurpleandsmallerandtheDNA fortheeggwasnotwhiteandlarger.Thefunctionofwarmwaterinthisexperimentisto breakdownthematerials,thefunctionofdetergentbreaksdownthecellwallandthe functionofisopropylalcoholistoattracttheDNatothesurface.Afteryouputtheisopropyl alcoholinthebeakeriswhenyoucanstarttoseetheDNAinthisexperiment.DNAis consideredauniversalcodebecauseitisdifferentforalllivingorganisms.Inthis experimentbothsamplesofDNAweredifferent.ThereisDNAinyourfoodbecausewhen

youeatfruits,vegetables,andgrainsyouareplantcells,whichmeansyouareeatingplant DNA.ThisDNAhoweverdoesnotdoesnotharmalteranorganismforyouhavedifferent DNA,soitcantmix.Whatimplicationithasforfarmerstomakegeneticallymodified plantsistodeveloptheperfectplant. Thereisroomforerrorinthisexperimentandthatwouldbeifyourmeasurements areoff.Thedetergentyouareusingisnotthecorrectkind.Youdontadd91% concentratedisopropylalcohol.Yourtimingcouldalsobeofftoo.

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