Aims:
- Learn about GMO crops, their prevalence in South Africa and the regulations on their use.
- Test the prevalence of GMO soybeans in animal feed, grow your own soybean plants, and isolate soybean DNA and perform PCR.
- Learn about the amazing field of study of plant biotechnology.
Provisional Project Timeline:
- Biotechnology basics and plant own soybeans
- Learn to isolate DNA
- Learn to perform PCR
- Isolate DNA from samples
- Winter week
- Isolate samples
- Perform PCRs
- Collate results
- Write report
- Learn more about Plant Science research at UP
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