In this exercise, students will explore the structures of the macromolecular building blocks using StarBiochem.
In this exercise, students will use StarGenetics to analyze the nature and mode of inheritance of specific genetic traits.
In this exercise, students will explore the structure of a DNA repair protein found in most species, including bacteria. DNA repair proteins move along DNA strands, checking for mistakes or damage. DNA glycosylases, a specific type of DNA repair protein, recognize DNA bases that have been chemically altered and remove them, leaving a site in the DNA without a base. Other proteins then come along to fill in the missing DNA base.
In this exercise, students will use the StarBiochem and StarORF software tools to explore the sequence of the GFP gene and the structure of its protein and the fluorophore that accounts for GFP's fluorescence.
In this exercise, students will use StarGenetics to determine the inheritance of traits by performing and analyzing the results of crosses between garden pea plants.
In this exercise, students will explore how a single alteration in the amino acid sequence of the hemoglobin protein results in sickle cell anemia.
In this worksheet activity, students learn how chromosomes and alleles segregate during meiosis.
In this exercise, students will use StarGenetics to understand the concept of true breeding in genetics by examining a specific genetic trait, flower color, in pea plants.
In this exercise, students will use StarGenetics to explore the relationship between phentoype and genotype by following the inheritance of a specific genetic trait, flower color, in pea plants.
In this exercise, students will use StarGenetics to design a set of experiments that will allow you to identify and isolate a true-breeding strain.
In this exercise, students will use StarGenetics to compare the observed phenotypic ratios and corresponding genotypic ratios to those predicted using a one-gene Mendelian model of inheritance, and study the effect of sample size on experimental results, including the use of the chi-square test (optional).
In this exercise, students will use StarBiochem to explore the structure of the enzyme phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH) and determine the relationship between the structure of a mutated form of PAH and the function of this mutated protein in patients with PKU.
In this exercise, students will use StarGenetics, a software tool that simulates mating experiments, to analyze the nature and mode of inheritance of specific genetic traits.