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Additional Resources for Challenge Introduction

Additional Resources

• Script for the challenge introduction
• What is DNA? This website explains in simple terms
  http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/handbook/basics/dna
• Using a DNA Microarray. This animation explains how DNA microarray experiments are performed
  http://www.bio.davidson.edu/Courses/genomics/chip/chip.html
• DNA Microarray Virtual Lab: This is another virtual microarray experiment.
  http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/units/biotech/microarray/
• What is a microarray and what is it used for? This site explains.
  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/About/primer/microarrays.html
• Video clips on microarray technology:
  • Sunmin Ahn talks about using microarrays for disease diagnosis
  • Sunmin Ahn talks about the difficulty of using fluorescent markers with proteins