Homework Assignment #1


Analyze this sequence to predict genes. RepeatMasker has already been run on the sequence, giving the following files: tabular summary, list of repeats and masked sequence. Use both GenScan and blast, plus anything else you want to try, to identify the genes in the sequence. Write a summary of your gene predictions, describing the evidence for them.

Send your write-up to webb@bio.cse.psu.edu by midnight, Thursday, September 12. I want just a single text file; no Word files, PowerPoint presentations, etc. Any solutions not sent to this address or not consisting of a single text file, will be accidentally lost.