The Project
In this project my group and I had to analyze evidence found at a crime scene to find the person who commited the crime. We were given a family tree with the backrounds of all of those present including history of diseases and family disorders that could have been passed down possible leading them to commit murder. We also were provided with all of the suspects and the victim's backstories. we used all this and the evidence found to identify that Nancy Normal is the muderer of Carelton Comet which is explained in depth in the presentation below.
Content
Mutations- Mistakes in the arrangement or presence of nucleotides in DNA. These cause genetic diseases.
Complete Dominance- One trait will always be shown and the other will be recessive.
Incomplete Dominance- A third trait is made, because neither trait is dominant over the other.
Co-dominance- Both traits are shown or expressed, because they are both dominant traits.
Genetic Diseases- Inherited medical condition caused by a mutation in DNA. Many suspects had genetic diseases, we used these to identify suspects along with finding their family history.
Punnet squares- diagram used to identify the possible genotypes of offspring and the probability of each one.
Karyotype- The appearance and number of a person's chromosomes. We analyzed each suspects karyotype, to identify any chromosomal disorders.
Pedigree- a chart showing family history and genetic diseases. We used these to see which of the suspects had a genetic disease.
Point mutation- mutation that has a small effect, changing only one nucleotide.
Frameshift mutation- a large change of nucleotides, in grouping, amount, or order.
Ink chromatography- we found which suspect wrote a note using this, we used alcohol to separate the ink and the DNA strands.
Complete Dominance- One trait will always be shown and the other will be recessive.
Incomplete Dominance- A third trait is made, because neither trait is dominant over the other.
Co-dominance- Both traits are shown or expressed, because they are both dominant traits.
Genetic Diseases- Inherited medical condition caused by a mutation in DNA. Many suspects had genetic diseases, we used these to identify suspects along with finding their family history.
Punnet squares- diagram used to identify the possible genotypes of offspring and the probability of each one.
Karyotype- The appearance and number of a person's chromosomes. We analyzed each suspects karyotype, to identify any chromosomal disorders.
Pedigree- a chart showing family history and genetic diseases. We used these to see which of the suspects had a genetic disease.
Point mutation- mutation that has a small effect, changing only one nucleotide.
Frameshift mutation- a large change of nucleotides, in grouping, amount, or order.
Ink chromatography- we found which suspect wrote a note using this, we used alcohol to separate the ink and the DNA strands.
Reflection
My group and I worked well together and i think we all enjoyed this project very much. A high I had was finally getting all of the evidence together to prove that Nancy Normal was the muderer. The biggest low I had was probably when we weren't really sure what we were supposed to be doing but in the end we figured it out. Some members of our group didn't meet expectaion and disregaurded the instructions and messing up the project on purpose causing us to have a lot of inconclusive results.