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  • GM Food Extraction, Amplification, and Electrophoresis Kit with GelGreen™ and 0.2-mL Tubes (with perishables)

GM Food Extraction, Amplification, and Electrophoresis Kit with GelGreen™ and 0.2-mL Tubes (with perishables)

Item # 211372P Exclusive This product is exclusive to Carolina Biological Supply. With Digital This kit includes 1-year access to digital resources including videos, digital teacher’s manuals, printable student guides, interactive lessons, editable assessment questions, and more.

Explore a modern application of genetic engineering through this exciting laboratory activity, which investigates whether the soy or corn ingredients in various processed foods contain a genetic modification. Students isolate DNA from wild-type and genetically modified (GM) plant material (provided controls), and from food products of their choice. Kit includes materials for 25 PCR reactions. Comes with perishable materials.
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Overview

Advanced - For experienced high school and college classes; requires some basic technical skill.

Explore a modern application of genetic engineering through this exciting laboratory activity. Many commercial crops are genetically modified (GM) to include a transferred gene (transgene) for herbicide resistance. This activity investigates whether the soy or corn ingredients in various processed foods contain a genetic modification. Students isolate DNA from wild-type and GM plant material (provided controls), and from food products of their choice. They use the extracted DNA as a template in 2 separate PCR reactions run under the same conditions. One reaction serves as a positive control to amplify a portion of the tubulin gene found in all plants, and the other assays for genetic modification. Each group works with a plant control and a food product. Kit includes materials for 25 PCR reactions and perishable materials. Note: Kit and perishable components ship separately and may arrive on different days. Order kit to arrive 1 month before performing lab.

FREE 1-year access to digital resources that support NGSS instruction included.
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  • This item contains living or perishable material and ships via 2nd Day or Overnight delivery to arrive on a date you specify during Checkout. To ensure freshness during shipping, a Living Materials Fee may apply to orders containing these items.

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Components Qty Included?
Wild-Type Soybean Seeds  16 Included
Roundup Ready® Soybean Seeds  16 Included
pBR322/BstN1 Markers, 130 µL  1 Included
Tris/EDTA (TE) Buffer with RNase A, 3 mL  1 Included
35S Primer/Loading Dye Mix, 500 µL  1 Included
Tubulin Primer/Loading Dye Mix, 500 µL  1 Included
Edwards' Buffer, 20 mL 1 Included
Isopropanol, 100%, 10 mL 1 Included
Agarose, 8 g 1 Included
PCR Tubes Containing Ready-To-Go-Beads™ (0.2-mL capacity) 25 Included
Mineral Oil, 5 mL 1 Included
Pellet Pestles 15 Included
Microcentrifuge Tubes 25 Included
TBE 20x, 150 mL 1 Included
GelGreen® Nucleic Acid Stain, 100 µL 1 Included
5 M NaCL, 8 mL 1 Included
Latex Gloves 12 Included
Staining Trays 6 Included
Teacher's Manual with Reproducible Student Guide 1 Included
Document Camera or Overhead Projector Needed, Not Included
Planting Pot or Flat Needed, Not Included
Potting Soil Needed, Not Included
Soy or Corn Food Products Needed, Not Included
Micropipets and Tips (1 to 1,000 µL) Needed, Not Included
Microcentrifuge Tube Racks Needed, Not Included
Microcentrifuge (for 1.5-mL tubes) Needed, Not Included
Thermal Cycler Needed, Not Included
Water Bath or Heating Block Needed, Not Included
Electrophoresis Chambers Needed, Not Included
Electrophoresis Power Supplies Needed, Not Included
UV or Blue Light Transilluminator Needed, Not Included
Permanent Markers Needed, Not Included
Container of Crushed Ice Needed, Not Included
Camera (optional) Needed, Not Included
Vortexer (optional) Needed, Not Included
Roundup® Herbicide (optional) Needed, Not Included

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