Post a Lab Report following the guidelines for a DNA extraction. Try this for yourself at home following the information provided on the website. Please remember to include all parts of the lab report mentioned in the syllabus.

• Write a lab report to contain the following
  • Title - a specific and accurate representation of the report's results
  • Abstract - a brief and concise summary of the research; a single paragraph that gives the experiment's objectives, experimental design, results, and conclusions
  • Introduction - background information, questions answered, and/or the hypothesis; this should be several paragraphs in length. Some things you can include are
    • The background of DNA; how it was discovered
    • The role of DNA in the body
    • The importance of DNA in genetic testing, criminal cases, etc.
    • Think of this section as a mini report
  • Materials and Methods - this should include all information necessary to repeat the experiment; it must be narrative in style
  • Results - this should include the data and observations in narrative form and can be accompanied by tables, figures, graphs, etc.
  • Discussion - an interpretation of results, did you get what you expected to get, why or why not, what would you do differently the next time, etc.
• Please label each section of your lab report