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Accessing and Searching with the UCSC Genome Browser

Genome Browsers were developed in response to the problem of visualizing genome assemblies and associated data. In this section, you will learn about their history and how to start using the UCSC Genome Browser to search for a gene.

1.1

Introduction

1.2

Accessing the Browser and Tools

The UCSC Genome Bioinformatics website consists of a suite of tools for the viewing and mining of genomic data.

1.3

Searching for a Gene

To visualize this gene in the UCSC Genome Browser in the context of various genomic annotations, the user must follow a series of important steps.

Unit 2

Using Annotations

Unit 3

Exploring Specific Tracks

A selection of commonly used data tracks are explored. In this section, you will learn how to find out more about a gene of interest.

3.1

Phenotype and Disease Associations Tracks

Learn how to use data from large-scale sequencing projects that have found genetic associations with observable phenotypic traits and the presence of medical conditions.

3.2

Gene and Gene Prediction Tracks

Learn about the various tracks available through the UCSC Genome Browser.

3.3

GenBank mRNA and EST Sequence Alignments

The mRNA and EST tracks show sequences from GenBank that align well to the genome using BLAT.

Unit 4

Aligning Genomes and Ordering Clones