Locating genes

• What do DNA probes do?

  Find the gene
• What does DNA hybridisation do?

  Show where the gene is
• What is a DNA probe?

  A short, single-stranded section of DNA that has some sort of label attached to it
• What are the 2 types of DNA labels?

  • Radioactive
  • Fluorescent
• What happens when DNA denatures?

  The 2 strands separate