Evidence of work:
For this project we played the role of forensic scientists. Our job is was to read through the crime scene description. We searched through the clues and we found a culprit to the best of our knowledge. We searched through the clues and we found a hypothesis. We searched through the blood and the evidence at the crime scene. As forensic scientists we used all of the clues and evidence and came up with a hypothesis on who committed the murder in the first degree. Our hypothesis was that Nancy Normal committed the crime on Carleton Comet. We were able to rule out the possible suspects by undergoing tests on all the evidence.
Content:
Heterozygous: The two alleles of a specific gene are different. This may or may not effect the expressed trait. We used this to help understand genotype.
Homzygous: The two alleles of a specific gene are the same. This guarantees the specific allele that is doubled will be expressed. We used this to help understand genotype.
Genotype: The actual genes and their form. We did not use this concept in the project.
Phenotype: The physical result of a specific gene. We applied this to genes to understand the effects of genes.
Genetic disease: A mutation in the genetic code that has effects that are passed down to offspring. Genetic disease was used to track bloodlines and descendancy.
Dominant: A trait that only requires one allele, not both, to be expressed. We used this concept to gain additional understanding of the relation between phenotype and genotype.
Recessive: A trait that requires both alleles to be its kind to be expressed. We used this concept to gain additional understanding of the relation between phenotype and genotype.
Co-dominant: When both traits of a heterozygous allele pair are expressed. We used this concept to further understand the relation between genotype and phenotype.
Allele: One form part of a gene may take, potentially changing the physical form. We used alleles to portray potential outcomes for genetic combination.
Ink chromatography: A technique used to divide the chemicals out of ink on paper. We used this to find which pen was used to write a note threatening Carlton Comet (either Sam or Nancy).
Pedigree: A record of ancestry of a specific person. Specific traits can be noted on the pedigree to track the progress of traits and genetic disease. We constructed a pedigree for all of the suspects.
Karyotype: The physical appearance and amount of chromosomes one has. This was used in a DNA fingerprinting process to identify Nancy Normal as being nearby Carlton Comet at the time of the murder.
Reflection
This group and project was very very fun. I personally enjoyed all the work and it made me feel like I was on a crime tv show! I loved looking through all the clues to find the culprit. Two peaks in our lab was our work ethic I feel like we really got things done when they needed to. A key factor of that was that we got the privilege to go to the solar studio. It provided us with a distraction free environment so that way we could get our work done distraction free. Another positive is that our presentation went very well. We all spoke well and fluidly. It was also put together very well.
Two negatives were that our group wasn't on time as much. This has been a problem for me, for whatever reason I have not been able to show up on time to class. This was not good because on some days we started right away and I showed up late. Another problem was time management in other classes. I found my self doing other work from other classes during curtail times during this project. If I can manage my time better with perhaps a gant chart things would be smoother. this was overall a great project and I would recommend it for the other people!