Annotating Drosophila erecta

Authors

Peter Gallagher Wendland, Grand Valley State University

Mentor

Dr. Martin Burg

Abstract

The overall goal of this project is to determine the identity and location of all genes, including isoforms, in fosmid23 and fosmid25 of the 2^nd 3L control region of Drosophila erecta. Utilizing online algorithms such as GenScan, GeneRecord Finder, Gene Model Checker and NCBI’s BLAST, the DNA of D. erecta can be compared to the fully annotated genome of D. melanogaster (reference species) to find orthologous genes in fosmid23 and fosmid25. Once orthologs are found, synteny can be determined by comparing the order and direction of each gene in both species.

ScholarWorks Citation

Gallagher Wendland, Peter, "Annotating Drosophila erecta" (2013). Honors Projects. 219.
https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/honorsprojects/219