PTC Genetics MiniLab (M3003TAE)

Description

Here’s a fascinating lab perfect for Life Science and Biology students to help them develop a better understanding of genetics and how dominant and recessive traits affect our daily lives. Taste the PTC paper – are you a taster?

• Students construct a hypothesis about single trait Mendelian inheritance and design an experiment to test it
• Cast, load, and run DNA samples from a family to connect genotype to phenotype
• Construct a Punnett square and a family tree to explain experimental results
• Store in the refrigerator; GreenGel Cups should be left in the original package and protected from light; guaranteed stable for six months with proper storage
• Appropriate for secondary school students (ages 14 – 18).

Materials Included in Each MiniLab:

Each MiniLab contains enough materials for 10 workstations, 2 – 3 students per workstation.

Materials include:

• Ten 2% agarose GreenGel™ Cups
• Six pre-digested DNA samples
• Forty pieces of PTC tasting test paper
• Bag of control test strips
• One bottle of 100 mL Tris-Acetate-EDTA (TAE) buffer concentrate, enough to make 2L of 1X running buffer
• One bag of 0.65 mL microcentrifuge tubes
• One bag of 2 – 200 µL micropipette tips

**Please note the following equipment is REQUIRED but not included: 

The MiniOne Electrophoresis System 

Supporting Documents

Utilize these teachers guides and classroom handouts to get the most out of your PTC Genetics MiniLab.

• Teacher’s Guide *
• Student Guide
• Dilution instructions for TAE Buffer Concentrate
• Dilution instructions for TBE Buffer Concentrate

* Teachers, please contact us for password to access this file.

Safety Data Sheets