Project:

Application of Epigenetics to Identify Plant Organs

Students:

Abigail Sarmiento, Heily Rosa

School:

Hostos-Lincoln Academy, The Bronx

Mentors:

Allison Granberry

Abstract:

The purpose of this research is to design and test a protocol that can easily identify the presence of roots and shoots in herbal supplements. We will design primer sets that can assay differentially methylated sites in Arabidopsis thaliana, electronically test the primer sets against eight fully sequenced plant genomes, and test the remaining primer sets in shoots and roots of thirteen easily grown species.

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