Molecular Biology
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Thu, 27 Mar, 2025 at 3:07 PM
The purpose of the Molecular Biology laboratory is to allow students to extract a DNA sample from any of the available species, amplify a segment of the D...
Thu, 27 Mar, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The overall goal of the Molecular Biology laboratory is to give students the opportunity to produce DNA sequences of amplified segments and genes and then...
Thu, 27 Mar, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Once the student launches the Molecular Biology laboratory, the student is placed in front of a lab bench containing a large assortment of experimental equi...
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At the core of the virtual biology environment is the Species Menu, which allows students to select a species and perform experiments on that species. Not a...
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When the molecular simulation is first started, the laboratory clock shows the current time of day in a 24-hour format. Many of the experiments in the labor...
Thu, 27 Mar, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Samples are prepared for PCR experiments by adding DNA from a species, Taq polymerase, either tagged or untagged nucleotides, and the correct primers requ...
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The Setup menu contains the Primer section, a list of available primers that can be added to the sample tubes. The primer list contains all primers that ar...
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The PCR machine takes up to 8 tubes of DNA samples and runs them through a three step temperature and hold profile for a specified number of cycles. If...
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In the gel electrophoresis experiment, amplified product is pipetted into one of 8 different wells in the gel and a voltage is applied across the gel bed to...
Thu, 27 Mar, 2025 at 3:09 PM