Answer the questions below, based on Experiment 1.
Describe the structure of a DNA molecule.
What unit of measurement is used to measure the length of a DNA molecule?
What is a gene?
What is a variable tandem repeat?
Why must you use restriction enzymes in a DNA fingerprinting experiment?
What is the purpose of the polymerase chain reaction?
How does gel electrophoresis separate DNA fragments?
What purpose does the DNA ladder serve in this lab experiment?
The child inherited one of her alleles from her mother. Which band is it? Identify it by its size in base pairs (bp). This band is not present in either alleged father.
The child inherited her other allele from her father. Which band is it? Identify it by its size in base pairs (bp).
Does either of the alleged fathers have a band matching the child’s second band (not the one inherited from the mother)?
If there are no other suspected fathers, can you conclude which man is the child’s biological father from this test? Why or why1.
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