Murder Mystery - Forensics Analysis
In this project, our goal was to find the murderer of Carleton Comet. We found Nancy Normal as guilty of murder of the first degree after considering all the available evidence. The first piece of evidence was a fingerprint found at the crime scene. The whorl pattern on the fingerprint only matched to Nancy Normal. The second piece of evidence was a written note reading, "You are a dead man." After analyzing the ink of the note with the ink of pens belonging to those at the scene using chromatography, it was determined that only Nancy Normal's pen could have written the note. The last portion of evidence found at the scene was the two blood samples found on the murder weapon. One matched the victim, Carleton Comet in both type and in the DNA contained. The second blood sample only matched Nancy Normal's blood type and DNA sequence. These results were obtained by running the blood through electrophoresis and comparing to all possible suspects. Finally, the motive for the murder was hate towards Carleton Comet. His original name was Thomas Sandstone and he had an affair with Nancy's aunt, Nina Normal. She gave birth to his child and began raising her. At the age of three, Nadia Normal was murdered and Nina was sent into debilitating depression. Nancy blames Carleton Comet for ruining her aunt's life and wants revenge.
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CoNtent
DNA - Physical "code" of all functions and traits of your body
Gene - A portion of your DNA that corresponds to a single trait
Alleles - Varient forms of a genetic trait
Chromosome - A tightly packed form of DNA, only used when a cell is going through meiosis or mitosis
Trait Expression - The process of DNA sequences showing as physical traits through Protein Synthesis
Dominant - Mixed alleles will show only this trait e.g. (Red + White = Red)
Co-Dominant - Mixed alleles lead to a mixture of both traits e.g.(Red + White = Pink)
Incomplete Dominance - Mixed alleles lead to the separate expression of both traits e.g.(Red + White = Speckled)
Recessive - Will only be expressed if both alleles have the trait
Karyotype - An image showing all of an organism's chromosomes organized based on number
Phenotype - All physical characteristics originated from gene to trait expression
Gene - A portion of your DNA that corresponds to a single trait
Alleles - Varient forms of a genetic trait
Chromosome - A tightly packed form of DNA, only used when a cell is going through meiosis or mitosis
Trait Expression - The process of DNA sequences showing as physical traits through Protein Synthesis
Dominant - Mixed alleles will show only this trait e.g. (Red + White = Red)
Co-Dominant - Mixed alleles lead to a mixture of both traits e.g.(Red + White = Pink)
Incomplete Dominance - Mixed alleles lead to the separate expression of both traits e.g.(Red + White = Speckled)
Recessive - Will only be expressed if both alleles have the trait
Karyotype - An image showing all of an organism's chromosomes organized based on number
Phenotype - All physical characteristics originated from gene to trait expression
Reflection
Overall, I felt this project moved forwards at a very slow pace. This was good because it allowed everyone in the class to fully understand the core concepts in an entertaining way. On the flip side, a few of my group members would get distracted as they felt they had very little work to do. Our final presentation was put together in an extremely clear way. The use of Prezi as our presentation platform allowed us to have a unique and intriguing way to present our case that kept most of the class focused all the way through. Our group could have delved deeper into the analysis of our evidence because we only looked at the surface level of information about the possible motives. Our final product was very effective and we got the warrant for further investigation!