1. Harlem Children Society Stacia Semple - Midwood HS Kimberly Small - George Washington Carver HS New York University Dr. Todd Disotell / Kirstin Sterner Understanding Primate Evolution Using Genetic Methods

2. DNA is a double stranded helix. The full name for DNA is deoxyribonucleic acid

3. DNA can replicate itself.

4. Template melted into two strands by high heat –> 90 degrees C Primers anneal to both strands Polymerase makes a copy of both strands PCR

5. Temperature raised to melt newly made DNA Primers allowed to anneal as temperature drops Polymerase elongates new second strand of DNA Process repeated Exponential increase in DNA

10. Summary of chain termination sequencing

13. ? ? Old World Monkeys are from Africa and Asia. Researchers are trying to place these genera properly onto the primate family tree.

16. Dr. Todd Diostell Kirstin Sterner Dr. Sat Bhattacharya The Harlem Children’s Society Acknowledgements New York University Department of Anthropology Molecular Primatology Laboratory Funded by NSF BCS 0715281 TRD/AJT NSF BCS 0658457 TRD/KNS Wenner-Gren Foundation KNS