Links to a recipe for extracting DNA using nothing but dish soap, rubbing alcohol, and pineapple juice. We used a similar protocol to extract DNA from strawberries for the plant biology for non-science majors class I am TAing for this semester. Mostly just the chance to show off the fact I did wet lab work for the first time in a month or more.
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We got to genetics in class today and the story of the shrunken 2 gene
The origin story of shrunken2, the gene behind much of the sweet corn we eat today. Pictures of the phenotype of CAL mutants in arabidopsis (the gene I mentioned last week for its role in differentiating between broccoli and cauliflower).
First Day Teaching (epilogue)
The belated after-action report from my first day teaching, and a question about how to get people excited about learning the parts of a flower. For me, it was the ABC model of floral development, but both time and a lack of background in genetics prevent me from using that as my hook to draw students in.