Reference no: EM132401518

DNA Extraction from Strawberries or Kiwi Fruit

Questions

1. What does mushing the fruit do? (What does it break?)

2. What does the soap do to the fruit? (What does it break?)

3. What does the salt do? (Hint: It precipitates out some macromolecules we aren't interested in).

4. Why do we use the ice water bath? (Hint: This has to do with enzymes).

5. What is being filtered out? What is going through the filter?

6. What does the alcohol do? Why should it be cold?

7. Where does the alcohol form its layer?

8. Where in the layers does the DNA form?

9. What does it mean to "precipitate" in this experiment and what is being precipitated?

10. What happens to the DNA in the foods you eat?

11. Describe your DNA:

12. Theoretically, what could you do with your DNA now? Investigate some possibilities on the internet.

Attachment:- dna strawberry extraction.rar