Extra Credit Assignments Biology 130. The Utah.edu website has several virtual experiments that you can access online. Here are the links to several of these exercises below. Go to these websites and perform the experiments online and answer the questions about them. Have Fun. Extra Credit #1: Transcribe and Translate: http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/basics/tran… Report the RNA sequence that you transcribed. Report the protein sequence that was translated. Extra Credit #2: DNA Extraction http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/labs/extrac… What are the steps to purifying DNA What are the materials and equipment needed? Describe what is happening at each step. Extra Credit #3: Gel Electrophoresis. http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/labs/gel/ What is the purpose of gel electrophoresis? How does DNA move through the gel? Which DNA strands move through the gel the fastest? slowest? Run your virtual PCR and estimate the sizes of the DNA strands in your sample by comparing them with strands of known size in the “DNA Standard” lane