Genetics and DNA Lab Stem Experiment Kit - Thames & Kosmos

Head into the lab for an in-depth investigation of genetics, the branch of biology focused on heredity and variation in organisms, and DNA, the acid that holds the blueprints for life.

• See genetic material with your own eyes as you isolate the DNA from a tomato in a test tube.
  
• Investigate inheritance and learn how traits are passed down from parents to children.
  
• Learn about dominant and recessive genes and play inheritance games to determine how traits will be expressed.
  
• Learn about the biology of reproduction, the components of cells, and how chromosomes are combined and copied.
  
• Assemble a model to see the elegant double-stranded helical structure of DNA.
  
• Crack the genetic code and find out how the different parts, called nucleotides, fit together.
  
• Analyse DNA evidence to identify suspects and solve a crime.
  
• Breed your own bacteria colony to experiment with survival of the fittest.
  

Read about how mutation affects genes and how scientists clone plants and animals in the full-colour, 48-page manual.

Manufacturer Recommended Age 10+ years