PTC Genetics MiniLab

Here’s a fascinating lab perfect for life science and biology students to help them develop a better understanding of genetics and how dominant and recessive traits affect our daily lives. Taste the PTC paper – are you a taster ?

• Students construct a hypothesis about single trait Mendelian inheritance and design an experiment to test it
• Cast, load, and run DNA samples from a family to connect genotype to phenotype
• Construct a Punnett square and a family tree to explain experimental results
• Store in the refrigerator; GelGreen™ Cups should be left in the original package and protected from light; guaranteed stable for six months with proper storage

Materials included in each MiniLab

Each MiniLab contains enough materials for 10 workstations, 2 – 3 students per workstation.

• 10 2% agarose GelGreen™ Cups
• 6 pre-digested DNA samples
• 40 pieces of PTC tasting test paper
• 1 bottle of 100 ml Tris-Borate-EDTA (TBE) buffer concentrate, enough to make 2L of 1X running buffer
• 1 bag of 0.65 ml microcentrifuge tubes
• 1 bag of 2-200 µl micropipette tips
• 1 Teacher's guide

Teaching resources

Teacher's guide, student guide and classroom handouts to get the most out of your PTC Genetics Kit.