This PowerPoint presentation provides a brief primer on the recommended annotation strategy for Drosophila projects. The presentation provides an overview of the goals of the GEP annotation project, an introduction to RNA-Seq, web databases, and a discussion on the phases of the splice donor and acceptor sites.
This exercise continues your introduction to practical issues in comparative annotation. You will be annotating genomic sequence from the dot chromosome of Drosophila mojavensis using your knowledge of BLAST and some improved visualization tools. You will also consider how best to integrate information from high-throughput sequencing of expressed RNA.
Developed by Jeremy Buhler, this PowerPoint presentation provides an introduction to the core algorithms that form the basis for efficient mapping of RNA-Seq reads against a genome or transcriptome. The video that accompanies this presentation was developed by Leocadia Paliulis (Bucknell University).
Dr. Justin R. DiAngelo (Penn State Berks) and Dr. Alexis Nagengast (Widener University) have developed an exercise that introduces students to the basic functionality of the NCBI web site and NCBI BLAST. Students will use NCBI BLAST to identify the putative orthologs of the human Leptin gene in other species.
The Pathways Project is focused on annotating genes found in well characterized signaling and metabolic pathways across the Drosophila genus. This walkthrough illustrates how to apply the GEP annotation strategy for the Pathways Project to construct a gene model for the Ras homolog enriched in brain (Rheb) gene in Drosophila yakuba.
Exercise that uses UNIX tools (command-line BLAST and RepeatMasker) for gene annotations.
A simple exercise on using simple Unix commands to navigate to different directories and manipulate files.
A Unix reference sheet for commonly used Unix commands.
PowerPoint presentation with instructions for running BLAST, RepeatMasker, and the BLAST output viewer Herne on the command-line.
This PowerPoint presentation describes the common errors observed in student finishing projects.
