(Textbook Assignment – Short Tandem Repeats [STRs]) Thursday January 4, 2018 (Textbook Assignment – Short Tandem Repeats [STRs])

List the three components of a DNA nucleotide. The Daily CSI Thursday, 1/4/18 List the three components of a DNA nucleotide. base-pair deoxyribose sugar phosphate group

Announcements Remediation for Quiz 8 ends tomorrow! We will take Quiz 9 next Monday!

Announcements Special Announcement! How things go today at the lab tables will determine if we will be able to do our work there in the future.

New Engrade Assignment Policy Implementation! Announcements New Engrade Assignment Policy Implementation! From this point forward, any Engrade quizzes or eResearch papers are subject to the following policies: Any student that is present in class the day of an Engrade assessment but never opens the assignment will receive a “0” as a first attempt. A second attempt can be made, but with a maximum score of “70.” Any student that opens the Engrade assignment but completes less than half of the questions will receive a “0” as a first attempt. A second attempt can be made, but with a maximum score of “70.” If more than half of the questions are submitted, the student will be allowed to complete the assignment without penalty.

QUIZ 8 Overdue Tomorrow F13 F14 F15 F16 TBD F17 S2 12/14 Assignment Currently Open Summative or Formative # Date Issued Gone Missing Day Last Day Accepted Activity – DNA – Fingerprinting Quiz F13 12/6 N/A Overdue Activity – DNA Evidence – How It’s Done F14 12/7 eResearch Paper - DNA F15 12/8 Textbook Assignment - DNA Typing with Random Repeats F16 12/11 TBD Activity - The Marilyn Sheppard Murder Case F17 12/12 QUIZ 8 S2 12/14 Tomorrow

Textbook Assignment – Short Tandem Repeats (STRs) Please get a Forensics textbook and a blank sheet of paper. Read pages 384 to 392. Stop when you reach the heading “Mitochondrial DNA”. Turn to page 407 and answer Review Questions 20 – 23. Please write the questions. Please do not ignore this assignment. You can be sure that you will be using this paper as open notes on an upcoming eResearch paper and QUIZ!