BIOL 250: Assessing SNP Variation Within an Individual for Bitter Taste to PTC

Research Q: The purpose of this experiment is to determine if the student is homozygous or heterozygous for the SNP using pre-designed primers in PCR, gel electrophoresis, and sequencing.
Hypothesis: If a sequencing test is run, the student will be found to be homozygous for tasting PTC as bitter