Materials and Equipment

To do this experiment you will need the following materials and equipment:

* Forensic DNA Fingerprinting Kit (1), can be purchased from Bio-Rad Laboratories http://www.bio-rad.com, catalog #166-0007EDU.
Note: Bio-Rad Kits are sold directly to schools. To purchase, please have your school contact Bio-Rad at 800-424-6723 to verify account information and to place the order for you. Existing accounts will have orders processed within a day, and establishing an account will take approximately 48 hours.

In addition to the kit, you will also need access to the following laboratory equipment:

* Automatic micropipets with tips
* Gel electrophoresis equipment
* Gel illuminator (diffuse white light source)
* Camera for photographing gel
* Gel staining tray
* Water bath
* Hot plate, Bunsen burner, or microwave oven
* 250 ml flasks
* Pipet pump
* Hot gloves
* Marking pens
* Distilled or deionized water
* Ice