Genetic Variability of Eastern Skunk Cabbage in Multiple clumps from Wexford County, Michigan

Plant Physiology Independent Research

Central Michigan University, Spring 2002

Clay Buchannon, Sarah Eikelberg, Mike Steinhoff, Dan O’Laughlin, Chip Rucker,

Mart Williams, Shelby Males, Jodi Thomas, Matt Arriaga

http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/othrdata/plntguid/species/sympfoet.htm

Objectives of experiment: The purpose of this experiment was to use PCR to ascertain whether or not individual clumps of Eastern Skunk Cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus) displayed genetic variability. Hypothesis: The different plants of Eastern Skunk Cabbage within the area of study are genetically indistinguishable.

Objectives

Facts about Skunk cabbage

Introduction

Materials and Methods

Results and Discussion

Conclusion

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