Count out the pop-beads as listed in the student section. Label four small baggies and put the proper beads into them. Put the four small baggies into a large baggie, and label the reaction mixture. You will need four large baggies and 16 small baggies. A 5' Assemble the beads in the same order as above.
Human hands are analogous to the DNA polymerase at the beginning of the activity.
They also represent the electric current as the fragments are separated. The primer initiates the replication of the templates by the DNA polymerase. Radioactive adenine was added so that the film in the autoradiogram would be exposed and reveal the DNA sequence. The Human Genome Project. Cold Spring Harbor Press.