This project was an interesting project, in it we studied genetics and how to tell the difference in genes among people in a way similar to how forensic scientists solve crimes. To do this we ran 6 different experiments to find out who murdered Carlton Comet. Those experiments were: ink chromatography, to figure out who wrote a note found at the crime scene; A hair sample analysis to figure out whose hair sample was left on the scene; karyotyping, to help match DNA found on the crime scene to the DNA of suspects; fingerprints, to match the user of the murder weapon to victim; blood samples, for more detailed DNA evidence on the knife; and finally DNA finger printing, to get even more DNA evidence.
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Reflection
Over all this project was a bumpy ride but it was worth it in the end, as I learned a lot. Sticking with my personal goal for this semester of not taking over every project immediately and not letting anyone else contribute ideas, I feel as though I improved greatly in my cooperation with my teammates by letting them contribute more ideas. This was best seen in the labs as I encouraged more of my group mates to work on the experiments instead of mean doing all of it myself. Another area I feel I improved on is empathy as I cared more about my groups emotions and helped more when they had a problem or needed something. Two areas me and my group could have improved on is that I didn't ask all the questions that needed to be asked and I feel that the end result wasn't up to my personal standards. The main question's I didn't ask that I should have is what information does the jury know and what was crime scene 1 and crime scene 2 as both were never clear stated what they were and if I knew what the answers were would have affected my presentation a lot. The reason why I feel that my end product wasn't as good as I hoped it was lacking a lot of things I would have preferred to be there like a back ground and more explanation on some of the slides.