The overall purpose of this lab was to determine what kind of meats were present inside of Taco Bell’s sausage crumbles and to find out if there was any misleading labeling in the popular product. Our hypothesis was that we would find various types of meat present in the sausage such as pork, beef, and chicken. Our results supported our hypothesis. According to our data, the sausage was composed of pork or pig that came from the Sus genus. There was no other type of animal present in the sausage other than pig. Because we had a high quality sequence score above 50, our DNA was reliable and we were able to support with a 99.41%, 99.56%, and 99.56% sequence similarity to Sus scrofa the sausage was made of pure pig and only one kind of pig as
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We also only took one trial, to be more accurate we should have done many, getting samples from Taco Bell at different times to see if anything changed. Lastly, with three different samples we were not able to cover near the amount of sample we were given. If we took more samples we could’ve used most of our sample making sure we got all of the sausage crumble. Because of these sources of error, we can not prove the meat was pork but the data we retrieve supports the meat being Sus scrofa. Through this experience, we learned how to work as a team to create and perform an experiment that can be used in the real world. The type of research that was done and the amount of work that was put into this journal article is a fantastic example of how people work in the science field. Sometimes we faced struggles but we were able to overcome them and become closer as a group in order to achieve a goal. The research we did can be used for anyone if they want to see what kind of meat is inside certain food products, and we were able to utilize our skills we learned in class and apply them to the real
We also only took one trial, to be more accurate we should have done many, getting samples from Taco Bell at different times to see if anything changed. Lastly, with three different samples we were not able to cover near the amount of sample we were given. If we took more samples we could’ve used most of our sample making sure we got all of the sausage crumble. Because of these sources of error, we can not prove the meat was pork but the data we retrieve supports the meat being Sus scrofa. Through this experience, we learned how to work as a team to create and perform an experiment that can be used in the real world. The type of research that was done and the amount of work that was put into this journal article is a fantastic example of how people work in the science field. Sometimes we faced struggles but we were able to overcome them and become closer as a group in order to achieve a goal. The research we did can be used for anyone if they want to see what kind of meat is inside certain food products, and we were able to utilize our skills we learned in class and apply them to the real