1.  What are the three parts of a DNA nucleotide?​

2.  Draw a DNA nucleotide.

1.  If you could run a DNA profile on yourself, someone or something else, would you?

​2.  What would you want to know?

1.  would you want to know if you were predisposed to a disease? Why?

2.  Would you want to know if the disease was incurable?

1.  What are some applications of DNA fingerprinting?  List two.

2.  How would you want to see it used?

1.  When you think of fingerprinting what do you think of?  What is it used for?

​2.  What do you think DNA fingerprinting is?

1.  According to your book(4.2), why is it important to cool the molten agarose before pouring it into the trays?  Tell me two reasons that apply to us.

2.  According to your materials (4.3),  the food dye had to be in glycerol.  Why do you think it has to be in glycerol.  (Think about what dye has a tendency to do in water and how this might be a problem in our lab. )

1.  Why do you think we would need to use gels with different percentages of agarose (different amounts of agarose)?

2.  Why do you have to get rid of bubbles in the agarose gel before it gets solid?

1.  According to your 4.3 lab procedure, what will you be doing?  

2.  What will this demonstrate?

1.  According to the video and your lab book, how can you tell if a gel has solidified completely?

2.  Why do you think the bumpers (tape need to be removed before the gel was used for electrophoresis?  (Hint: electro-phoresis)