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Expand Up @@ -63,33 +63,27 @@ and look for online tools for gene finding.
Take a look at their websites. Feel free to explore them for a few minutes. Then, pick one tool
to use in this assignment. It’s important to have the nucleotide sequences as output.

#### Q4

Which tool did you choose? Why? Did you change any parameters from the default
**Q4** Which tool did you choose? Why? Did you change any parameters from the default
settings? Which, how, and why?

Make a fasta file of all the candidate genes you’ve found. Make sure to erase all comments or
other lines that don’t fit the fasta format.

#### Q5

How many genes did this tool find? Is this a good estimate for the number of genes in
**Q5** How many genes did this tool find? Is this a good estimate for the number of genes in
this organism? Why/why not?

Now download the total set of predicted genes. If this is not possible, select everything with
the mouse, paste it to a plain text document and save it.
Now that we have identified the genes (at least the most likely genes according to the gene
finder you employed), we can start studying their functions. One approach for doing this is to
compare these new sequences with sequences from better known organisms. A very popular
tool for doing this is Blast. Check the Bioinformatics Tools booklet on instructions in how to
compare these new sequences with annotated sequences from other organisms. A very popular
tool for doing this is Blast. Check the [Bioinformatics Tools Booklet](../biotoolsbooklet.md) for instructions on how to
use online Blast for nucleotides. Blast the first 5 genes you have found.

#### Q6

Which Blast variant have you chosen? Why? Did you change any parameters from the
**Q6** Which Blast variant have you chosen? Why? Did you change any parameters from the
default settings? Which, how, and why?

#### Q7

How many hits did you find for each gene? What do they correspond to? Does this
**Q7** How many hits did you find for each gene? What do they correspond to? Does this
make sense?
_Note: if there are too many hits, just describe the top ones!_

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