Phenylthiocarbamide (PTC) 70% can taste PTC Taste very bitter or tasteless 3 Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) in the TASR (tasting gene) Dominant Trait!! Heterozgygous can taste Homozygous have more intense taste response
PCR: The Basic Steps
Need a Special DNA Polymerase: Taq Isolated from thermophilic bacterium Thermus aquaticus found in Hot Springs in Yellowstone N. P. Can survive in high temperatures Polymerization occurs at high temperature
PCR Primers: You need a “Sense” Primer and an “Antisense” Primer TTGGACTGACAGTAGATTGATAGATGATATGATGATGCAGCTAGCTAATCGACAACCTGACTGTCATCTAACTATCTACTATACTACTACGTCGATCGATTAGCTG
Primers: Essential for Taq Polymerase Important that know the DNA sequence of your gene that you want to amplify TTGGACTGACAGTAG (sense) 5’TTGGACTGACAGTAGATTGATAGATGATATGATGATGCAGCTAGCTAATCGAC AACCTGACTGTCATCTAACTATCTACTATACTACTACGTCGATCGATTAGCTG 3’ (antisense)CGTCGATCGATTAGCTG
PCR allows exponential amplification of a very small of amount of DNA into large quantity
Steps of PCR: Overview Two single-stranded DNA produced by heat denaturing of dsDNA template Primers anneal (hybridize) to their complementary sequences containing the denatured ssDNA molecules Taq polymerase (or similar enzyme) replicates the ssDNA segments to which the primers have annealed Multiple rounds of amplification yield high amount of desired target sequence