Exploring Whales and DNA through Bioinformatics Adventures
Dive into a fascinating journey through scenarios involving whale bones, wildlife crimes, and DNA mysteries. Uncover the secrets of mitochondrial DNA and bioinformatics in an interactive webquest. Join the experts Jayne Ricciardi, Beth Marass, and special guest Katie Lodes in this educational expedition.
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A Whale of a Tale Using BLAST Jayne Ricciardi and Beth Marass Special guest appearance Katie Lodes
Scenarios Scenario 1-involves the source of whale bones found in a graveyard focusing on the history of whaling Scenario 2 focuses on a wildlife crime and forensics mystery with meat found at a restaurant Scenario 3 involves an investigation into whether the whale bones at the American Museum of Natural History really belong to a blue whale
Mitochondrial DNA Webquest Part I: What is Mitochondrial DNA? Go to the National Institute of Health s Genetics Home Reference Page on Mitochondrial DNA at: https://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/mitochondrial-dna Part II: Why do Mitochondria have DNA? Go to the Genetic Science Learning Center s Evolution of the Cell page at: http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/cells/organelles/ Part III: Why Do We Inherit Mitochondrial DNA only from our Mothers? Go to the New York Times article titled Why Do We Inherit Mitochondrial DNA only from our Mothers? http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/24/science/mitochondrial-dna-mothers.html
Bioinformatics Using Nucleotide BLAST Students are given 4 unknown mtDNA sequences Following the instructions they identify the unknown sequences
