SCOPE Workshop, March 19-22, 2008 at the San Diego Supercomputing Center

SCOPE Workshop, March 19-22, 2008 at the San Diego Supercomputing Center SCOPE Workshop, March 19-22, 2008 at the San Diego Supercomputing Center

Only Dopes Smoke Rope

Authors Audiences Overview Materials Resources Future Directions

Authors

Ethel Stanley Beloit College	Karen Klyczek University of Wisconsin-River Falls	Mark Bergland University of Wisconsin-River Falls
Chi-Cheng Lin Winona State University	Eric Ribbens Western Illinois University

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Possible Audiences:

Introductory Biology, Botany, Genetics

Brief Overview:

Students use Case It to analyze sequences. They apply that software to analyze samples of Cannabis in order to determine geographic origins. Then they have to explain their analysis.

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Project Materials:

Case scenarios (.doc), research articles (.pdf), sample sequences, primers, Case It software (Files for Case It simulation available at the Case It web site)

Resources and References:

Case It web site, http://caseit.uwrf.edu DEA info about DNA testing of marijuana, http://www.dea.gov/programs/forensicsci/microgram/journal071203/mj071203_pg7.html

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Future Directions:

Additional plant cases, extension to bioinformatics applications

Attachments

- Cannabis_sativa.doc
- cannabis_primers.pdf
- cannabisDNA1.doc
- cannabis_primers3.pdf
- cannabis_str1.pdf
- cannabisAFLP1.pdf
- marijuana.htm

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