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== Overview ==
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== Overview ==
  
This tutorial is intended as a walkthrough for high school students to help them navigate and fully utilize the CoGe program.
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This tutorial is intended as a walkthrough for high school students to help them navigate and fully utilize the CoGe program while learning about [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparative_genomics comparative genomics].
  
 
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| [[Visually comparing bacteria and mammal genomes]]  
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| [[Visually comparing bacteria and mammal genomes|Visually Comparing Genomes]]  
 
| Learn how to generate a pictorial representation of genomes  
 
| Learn how to generate a pictorial representation of genomes  
| [[GenomeView]]
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| [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obCu1bCFQdk&feature=player_embedded#! OrganismView] &amp; [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZ9V68LQKuM&feature=player_embedded GenomeView]
 
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| [[Computationally Comparing Different Genomes]]  
 
| [[Computationally Comparing Different Genomes]]  
| Learn how to have computers align portions of DNA from one organism to another<br>  
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| Learn how to have computers compare DNA from different organisms<br>  
| [[FastaView]], [[CoGeBlast]], [[GEvo]]
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| [[FastaView|FastaView]], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdkgrtXySlI&feature=player_embedded CoGeBlast], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FE_ylQqBJc&feature=player_embedded GEvo]
 
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| Synteny: getting the big picture ( [[TestMN]] )<br>  
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| [[Synteny: Getting the Big Picture]]<br>  
| Learn about a great way of comparing two complete genomes<br>  
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| Learn about a great way of comparing two complete genomes (syntenic dot plots)<br>  
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| [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-dUsMuIkMg&feature=player_embedded SynMap]
 
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| Identifying Transposons  
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| Identifying Transposons ([[TestMN]])<br>
 
| Learn how to identify transposon which have never been discovered before
 
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Latest revision as of 16:11, 21 June 2010

Overview

This tutorial is intended as a walkthrough for high school students to help them navigate and fully utilize the CoGe program while learning about comparative genomics.

Lessons

Basics

# Name Description   New Program Used
  1  Required Background Information Explains the basic genetic concepts and vocabulary required to use CoGe None
  2 Visually Comparing Genomes Learn how to generate a pictorial representation of genomes OrganismView & GenomeView
  3 Computationally Comparing Different Genomes Learn how to have computers compare DNA from different organisms
FastaView, CoGeBlast, GEvo
  4 Synteny: Getting the Big Picture
Learn about a great way of comparing two complete genomes (syntenic dot plots)
SynMap


Advanced

# Name Description
 1 Identifying Transposons (TestMN)
Learn how to identify transposon which have never been discovered before
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