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About the Project |
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Allele Project About the Project This project was set up and maintained as a collaboration between TAFENSW - Technical and Further Education in New South Wales (a state of Australia) and ANGIS - Australian National Genetics Information Server. It was started in 1996 and now has over 13 000 samples Students taking part in the Allele Project are collecting data to determine the gene frequency of an allele. By sharing their data on the Internet students are able to obtain larger sample sizes and data from a range of areas. They can also often compare the results of students from the same college from previous years. The aim is for students to hypothesise about some aspect of the results and to discuss possible experimental errors that may be involved. We are hoping that other students across Australia and around the world will join this project and that we will be able to find any variations in the gene frequencies from region to region. We have chosen, with the help of the Human Genome Project, a characteristics that has no advantage or disadvantage to anyone. This avoids any individual or group feeling superior in any way.
The allele is :
The allele is dominant and the phenotype is scored as present if the hair occurs on the middle joint of any finger of an individual. See sampling. Students collect data on gender and age group as well as the allele to be entered on the Data collection sheet. Each student is issued with a security code to allow them to enter and edit their own data. Students can obtain an analysis of their own data, their classes' data, another classes data or the total data. Visitors to the site can view class data or total data. If you would like to
take part in this project and you are not already part of one of
the courses below please contact
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