Instructors content
Animation is self instructive. Instructors may choose to use the interactive version in class before detailing the protocol of agarose gel electrophoresis.
Students' Assignment
Click on the simulator window to load the animation. Participate in a full lab to go through the various stages to perform an agarose gel electrophoresis. You will have to click or move using the computer mouse to pass through various stages of experiment. You can choose any length of DNA fragment and markers. You can also choose the concentration of agarose in the buffer.
Questions:
- What are the applications of agarose gel electrophoresis?
- How will you prepare agarose gel?
- What is agarose gel electrophoresis?