Round 5: Tossup 8
Rotation is induced by this technique’s “pulsed-field” form. The products of this technique are placed onto a nitrocellulose membrane during Southern blotting. Uneven heating in this technique results in the appearance of a “smiling” effect. Isoelectric focusing precedes a form of this technique in its “two-dimensional” variant. In order to visualize this technique’s results under (*) UV light, a standard reference called a “ladder” may be placed in the first well. This technique is often run inside polyacrylamide (“poly-uh-KRILL-uh-mide”) or agarose (“AH-guh-rohss”). For 10 points, name this technique that uses an electric field to separate DNA fragments by their size inside of a gel. ■END■
ANSWER: gel electrophoresis [accept SDS-PAGE; accept subtypes like agarose gel electrophoresis; accept two-dimensional gel electrophoresis or pulsed-field gel electrophoresis]
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= Average correct buzzpoint
Buzzes
| Player | Team | Opponent | Buzzpoint | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simon Brewer | Manchester A | Sheffield B | 30 | 15 |
| Toby Hewgill | Manchester B | Chimera | 56 | -5 |
| Pen Hughes | Edinburgh | Sheffield A | 101 | 0 |
| Ben Richards | Sheffield A | Edinburgh | 101 | 0 |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | Conv. % | Power % | Neg % | Avg. Buzz |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VAULT II at Georgia Tech | 2026-01-24 | ✓ | 6 | 100% | 83% | 33% | 33.50 |
| Triangle Cup | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 2 | 100% | 0% | 50% | 100.50 |
| VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 3 | 100% | 0% | 33% | 86.33 |
| VAULT II at McGill | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 4 | 75% | 0% | 25% | 67.67 |
| VAULT II at UCSB | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 5 | 100% | 40% | 0% | 42.40 |
| VAULT II Northern UK | 2026-04-24 | ✓ | 3 | 33% | 33% | 33% | 30.00 |
| VAULT II Southern UK | 2026-04-24 | ✓ | 4 | 100% | 50% | 25% | 55.75 |
| VAULT II at Harvard | 2026-04-30 | ✓ | 4 | 100% | 25% | 25% | 64.75 |
| VAULT II at MINT | 2026-06-19 | ✓ | 5 | 100% | 80% | 0% | 40.00 |
| VAULT II Stanford Online | 2026-07-17 | ✓ | 8 | 100% | 75% | 13% | 44.50 |