Quarter 3 Grade – Last Day for work Friday April 11th Lizard Paper Rough draft assignments DNA Reading Reflections Ch. 1 – Ch. 7 (six total) In lab journal Lab Journal Corn and Soybeans Data Analysis Decoding Journal Article – Brassica rapa paper
DNA: The Secret of Life By: James Watson Chapter 7: The Human Genome
DNA Ch. 7: The Human Genome Why did the scientific community decide it was a good idea to spend 3 billion dollars sequencing a humans DNA? Describe some of the challenges of getting the HGP off the ground. (Give at least two.) The HGP was a collaboration of many laboratories. Describe the contrasting motivations of the public labs (MIT, Baylor, DOE, etc.) and private labs (Craig Venter) (pg 181-182) Do you think that one way is better than the other?