c elegans

For this assignment, you will simply summarize the experiments, results, and conclusions from your C. elegans monohybrid cross and complementation test experiments. This assignment was announced in lab. The report should be as brief as possible while still including all necessary information (probably 7 pages or less) and must be organized into the following sections and given these headings:

1) Introduction (~1/2 – 1 page)

2) Materials and Methods (~2 pages) (microscope petri dish)

3) Results (~2-4 pages)

4) Discussion (~1/2 – 1 page)

5) References Cited (use and cite at least the source below. You can cite other sources if desired.)

The introduction should briefly include background information about C. elegans and why it may be a useful model organism. A good resource for to help you with the introduction and discussion can be found here: (Links to an external site.)

If you use any ideas, facts, or figures from this source (or any other source) you MUST cite them explicitly even if you paraphrase.

Materials and Methods should include anything you did and any materials you used. You should have all this information in your lab reports, and in the handouts and powerpoints, which are on Canvas. Include seeding plates, transferring worms, scoring worms, statistical testing method, etc. Include any information you think would allow a student entering BIOL380 next year to replicate your experiments.

Results should contain only data and descriiptions of the data and the experimental setup (i.e. crosses should be drawn out). Try to make it easy to read–You can create data tables or plot data on bargraphs, for example. Especially include results from your complementation test. You should also include statistical tests used and the associated P values. If your results did not seem “right,” don’t worry! Science is about truth (see below).

Your Discussion should include conclusions about your experiments. You could describe anything that you learned from this experience. You also might use your data to continue to discuss why C. elegans is or is not a useful genetic model organism, or you can discuss how your data might relate to any human disease or condition, for example. You could draw out a simple model of the genes and mutations underlying the complementation test you performed, summarizing your conclusions. It is up to you as long as it makes sense. Feel free to use other sources as long as they are cited.

NO Plagiarism Science is all about the truth. Therefore, even if experiments didn’t work out the way we wanted, the results must be reported truthfully. Also, please remember that plagiarism is grounds for failure. Plagiarism is using words directly taken from another work (or another student/person) without citing and quoting them. However, plagiarism also includes taking ideas from another work without citing it. So, for any outside sources you use, you MUST digest the ideas you would like to use and then put them into your own words. Cutting and pasting from any source, even if you change a word here and there, is plagiarism so don’t do it. Any outside facts or figures also must be cited.

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