BIOL368/F14:Week 2

This journal entry is due on Wednesday, September 10 at midnight PDT (Tuesday night/Wednesday morning). NOTE that the server records the time as Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Therefore, midnight will register as 03:00.

Individual Journal Assignment

• Store this journal entry as "username Week 2" (i.e., this is the text to place between the square brackets when you link to this page).
• Create the following set of links. (HINT: These links should all be in your personal template that you created for the Week 1 Assignment; you should then simply invoke your template on each new journal entry.)
  • Link to your journal entry from your user page.
  • Link back from your journal entry to your user page.
  • Link to this assignment from your journal entry.
  • Don't forget to add the "BIOL368/F14" category to the end of your wiki page.

Background

• Aipotu (formerly Molecular Genetics Explorer) home page.
  • Follow the Download link on the left side of the page to download the Windows or Mac versions of this software.

Protocols

Section assignments will be assigned in class.

• Part I: Genetics
  • Complete the "Specific Tasks to do with this tool" beginning on page 8.
  • Complete the tables and questions on pages 10 and 11.
  • Assigned to:
• Part II: Biochemistry
  • Complete the "Specific Tasks for this section" beginning on page 13.
  • Complete the tables and questions on pages 13 and 14.
  • You can ignore the specific instructions for the blog in the protocol, instead you will be using your individual journal pages to keep your electronic notebook.
  • Assigned to:
• Part III: Molecular Biology
  • Complete the "Specific Tasks for this section" beginning on page 7.
  • Complete the tables and questions on pages 7 and 8.
  • Partners: Robert and Zeb
• Part IV: Evolution
  • Complete "A", "B", and "C" questions on pages 5 to 9.
  • Assigned to:

Electronic Lab Notebook

Complete your electronic notebook for your assigned part of the Molecular Genetics Explorer project on your individual journal page. Your notebook entry should contain:

• Your methods: what did you actually do? Give a step by step account.
• Your results: the answers to the questions in the protocol, plus any other results you gathered
• A scientific conclusion: what was your main finding for today's project?

Shared Journal Assignment

• Store your journal entry in the shared BIOL368/F14:Class Journal Week 2 page. If this page does not exist yet, go ahead and create it (congratulations on getting in first :) )
• Link to the shared journal entry from your user page.
• Link the shared journal page to this assignment page.
• Sign your portion of the journal with the standard wiki signature shortcut (~~~~).
• Add the "BIOL368/F14" category to the end of the wiki page (if someone has not already done so).

Reflection

Answer these questions on the shared page:

1. What was the purpose of this assignment?
2. What did I learn from this assignment?
3. What did I not understand (yet) about this assignment?