This laboratory activity involves students working in pairs to simulate the production of a baby with certain facial features. Upon matching the resulting genotypes with illustrations provided to represent them, the students concluded the activity by drawing and coloring a baby face encompassing the indicated features. Using paper DNA sequences, the class tries to find the answer to a paternity problem. After a woman was raped, she finds herself pregnant and wants to know whether the father is her husband or the suspected rapist. The paper DNA is cut, run on a gel, and probed, all in simulation.
Students can see how restriction enzymes, gel electrophoresis, and probe hybridization work.