Gene Feature Identification
Izabela Makałowska, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA
Published online: July 2007
DOI: 10.1002/9780470015902.a0005319.pub2
Abstract
The identification of all genes is one of the goals of any genome‐sequencing project. Apart from laboratory techniques, genes
can also be identified by using computational, homology‐based or ab initio (model‐based) methods, which differ in their performance according to the sequence being analysed. With the growing number
of sequenced genomes, comparative genomics is becoming the most powerful method for deciphering genomes.
Keywords: gene prediction; comparative genomics; gene structure; sequence similarity
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