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Images of cell, DNA and section of gene adapted from
http://allserv.rug.ac.be/~avierstr/principles/cell.html
Andy Vierstraete <Andy.Vierstraete@rug.ac.be>,
August 2001. Email message.
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Images of Polymerase Chain Reaction Steps 1 to 3 adapted
from http://allserv.rug.ac.be/~avierstr/principles/pcr.html
, Andy Vierstraete <Andy.Vierstraete@rug.ac.be>,
August 2001. Email message.
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Images
of Polymerase Chain Reaction Steps 1 to 3 adapted
from http://allserv.rug.ac.be/~avierstr/principles/pcr.html
,Andy Vierstraete <Andy.Vierstraete@rug.ac.be>,
August 2001. Email message.
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Image of the separation of the molecules with electrophoresis
adapted from http://allserv.rug.ac.be/~avierstr/principles/seq.html
,Andy Vierstraete <Andy.Vierstraete@rug.ac.be>,
August 2001. Email message.
• Image of the scanning
and detection system on the ABI Prism 377 sequencer
adapted from http://allserv.rug.ac.be/~avierstr/principles/seq.html
,Andy Vierstraete <Andy.Vierstraete@rug.ac.be>,
August 2001. Email message.
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Image of a snapshot of the detection of the molecules
on the sequencer adapted from http://allserv.rug.ac.be/~avierstr/principles/seq.html
,Andy Vierstraete <Andy.Vierstraete@rug.ac.be>,
August 2001. Email message.
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Image of splash screen adapted from http://www.ornl.gov/hgmis
,Denise Casey <caseydk@ornl.gov>,
August 2001. Email message.
• Information on part
of the Polymerase Chain Reaction by John (Jack) C.
Brown, Professor, Department of Molecular Biosciences,
University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas.
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Information on the Human Genome Project obtained from
http://www.ornl.gov/hgmis
,Denise Casey <caseydk@ornl.gov>,
August 2001. Email message.
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Information on the DNA Sequencing obtained from http://allserv.rug.ac.be/~avierstr/principles/seq.html
,Andy Vierstraete <Andy.Vierstraete@rug.ac.be>
and http://vector.cshl.org
at the Dolan DNA learning Center from Shirley Chan
<chanshir@cshl.org> August 2001. Email messages.
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Information on the DNA fingerprinting obtained from
http://vector.cshl.org
at the Dolan DNA learning Center from Shirley Chan
<chanshir@cshl.org> August 2001. Email message.
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Animation of DNA fingerprinting steps based on the
original animation at http://vector.chsl.org/resources/BiologyAnimationLibrary.htm
at the Dolan DNA learning Center from Shirley Chan
<chanshir@cshl.org> August 2001. Email message.
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Animation of Polymerse Chain Reaction steps based
on the original animation at http://vector.chsl.org/resources/BiologyAnimationLibrary.htm
at the Dolan DNA learning Center from Shirley Chan
<chanshir@cshl.org> August 2001. Email message.
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Animation of DNA fingerprinting game "Whodunit"
adapted from the original animation at
http://vector.chsl.org/resources/BiologyAnimationLibrary.htm
at the Dolan DNA learning Center from Shirley Chan
<chanshir@cshl.org> August 2001. Email message.
References
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Message Board script courtesy of http://www.ita-studio.com/forum
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Guest Book script courtesy of http://www.alexphpteam.com
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Search script courtesy of
http://search.atomz.com/search
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Poll script courtesy of
http://www.hotscripts.com
Acknowledgements
The Team would like to
thank ThinkQuest for the wonderful opportunity and
the invaluable experience gained while working on
this entry.
We would like to thank
our coaches, Mr Gi and Mr Low, for their invaluable
assistance, guidance, and dedication throughout the
competition despite their busy schedules.
We are grateful to the
following individuals who have authorized us to incorporate
their photographs and/rendered their assistance in
the creation of this web site.
Last, but not least,
the Team is particularly indebted to the following
individuals, listed below in alphabetical order:
Mrs Caryn Ann Leong
Head Of Department, Media Resource & Library /
Information Technology, Ping Yi Secondary School
Wong Chee Yi
Student, Ping Yi Secondary School who assisted in
some research and advice
Daniel Ng Weihao
Student, Ping Yi Secondary School who assisted in
some research and advice
Marcus Lee You Wei
Student, Ping Yi
Secondary School who posed as the "victim"
in the "Whodunit" game to illustrate the
concept of fingerprinting
Gilbert Chan, Lionel
and Oliver
Trainers, Relinet
IT Training Centre who posed as the "murder suspects"
in the "Whodunit" game to illustrate the
concept of fingerprinting
We would like to thank
them for their support, co-operation, resources and
other assistance rendered. We appreciate their time,
effort, and goodwill. Once again, thank you!
Lest we miss out anyone,
we would like to express our appreciation to all who
have helped us in any way during the months of preparation.
Thank you for your support and patience.
