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CoGe's design

CoGe is designed to help make access to genomic information easy and facilitate doing complex comparative genomics analyses. The web-based tools give access to thousands of genomes, allowing you to find what you want and compare it to what you. Each tool in CoGe is designed for one purpose, and is linked to other tools that in turn do something specific. This approach means that you can start an analysis from many different places with different types of genomic data (e.g. a sequence or an organism name), and there is no defined end to an analysis. You have tools to explore different aspects of genomic biology and you stop when you get your answer.

How to start with CoGe?

There are several places to begin an analysis depending on what your question is and what data you have in hand. The tools listed on CoGe's front page are often used to begin an analsysi. Each tool has a brief description of what it does. For example, if you have a sequence and you want to find it in a set of genomes, begin with CoGeBlast. If you have an organism in which you are interest, begin with OrganismView. If you are interested in comparing two genomes, begin with SynMap

If you are interested in learning about what kind of questions you might answer using CoGe, you can begin reading some tutorials. However, know that just because your particular question is not listed there doesn't mean it is not possible to answer it with CoGe. CoGe's tools are designed to let you explore your ideas as easily as possible, and not force you to adapt your ideas to its tools. If you have a question about getting started, feel free to contact us.