Project:

Very APPEELing DNA

Students:

Tehila Rothbort, Yael Laks

School:

Yeshiva University High School for Girls, Queens

Mentors:

Shulamith Biderman

Abstract:

Our project aims to DNA barcode cavendish bananas, lady finger bananas and plantains because they are all from the same Musa genus. We intend to compare the sequences of the bananas and note any similarities and differences in their DNA.

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