Drosophila Annotation Goals: Final Presentation and Written Reports
This document describes the primary annotation goals to be included in the final oral presentation and written report for students enrolled in the Bio4342 course at WU.
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The D. grimshawi dot chromosome
This PowerPoint presentation explains our strategy, detailing the source of the raw sequence data for the D. grimshawi dot chromosome.
The Finishing Report
This document describes the final student written and oral reports required as part of the Bio 4342 course as taught at WU. In these reports, students describe their work on their fosmid, the challenges they encounter, and the solutions they developed to resolve these challenges.
A Guide to Consed
This document is a basic introduction to Consed, a program that allows users to visualize and manipulate a genome assembly. It provides screenshots of the various windows and points out the various functions available.
The Genomics Education Partnership: Investigating the Evolution of the Dot Chromosome in Drosophila
This lecture by Dr. Sarah Elgin (Washington University in St. Louis) provides a general overview of the Genomics Education Partnership. It describes the current GEP research problem of identifying factors involved in heterochromatin formation and maintenance through comparative genomics in Drosophila.
Quick Check of Student Annotations
This document describes a protocol that GEP faculty can use to quickly identify potential errors in student gene annotations.
Guidelines for your Chimp Chunks Report
Brief guidelines with advice on annotating chimpanzee DNA, including what to put in the final report.