Course

Welcome to the experiment

This OpenScience Lab experiment is part of the OpenScience Lab project.  It gives you an example of the type of experiment which is carried out in university science courses.  You can try genetic testing to identify individuals with different numbers of functional genes in this experiment and study this online at a pace that suits you. 

While this is designed for self-study, this experiment can also be delivered in the classroom as part of secondary school science lessons (this will take 2-3 hours).  You can also download the material to study offline, though you need to return to the online version to complete the experiments.

Schematic of PCR machine with detectors (© The Open University)

By studying this short course you will have the opportunity to gain a Statement of Participation - you need to click on the 'Enrol' button for your activity to be recorded.  Please visit every page when enrolled and complete the activities in order to gain the Statement of Participation.

Except for third party materials and where otherwise stated, when individual resources included in this course have other licences, this course content is made available under a CC BY SA 4.0 licence

The Genetic variations experiment has been adapted for secondary school pupils from an extract of the Open University course S288 Practical Science by the Opening Educational Practices in Scotland project.

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