Gene Identification

A frequent and important goal in genome research
is to identify a particular gene with its
structure and expression and relate these to
normal and abnormal function. This process has
been aided by the ever-increasing number of
genes with a known map location, by access to
extensive data banks that store sequence information,
by the availability of dense maps of
marker loci, by comparative data fromdifferent
organisms, and by information from other
sources. The principles applied in identifying a
gene are outlined here.