Project:

Chili Characterization

Students:

Livia Spiegel, Caitlin O'Flanagan, Madeleine Schaffer

School:

Ethical Culture Fieldston, The Bronx

Mentors:

Adriana Andrade

Abstract:

In this project, our aim is to characterize the different types of chili using their DNA sequences to observe differences in the species due to environmental factors. By analyzing different species we will be able to see how certain factors in the environment affects the plant through evolution over a long course of time.

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