Open AccessReview of Three DNA Analysis Applications for Use in the Microbiology or Genetics Classroom
Author(s) -
David S. Treves
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of microbiology and biology education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.301
H-Index - 7
eISSN - 1935-7885
pISSN - 1935-7877
DOI - 10.1128/jmbe.v11i2.205
Subject(s) - genbank , computer science , simple (philosophy) , computational biology , data science , genetics , biology , philosophy , epistemology , gene
Review of: three widely used DNA analysis programs. Two of these (Chromas and Finch TV) are simple viewing and editing applications. The third (MEGA) also allows for viewing and editing but “ups the ante” considerably in terms of power in DNA data analysis. In evaluating these applications, special consideration was given to how easily an imported DNA sequence could be viewed, edited and submitted to GenBank using BLAST.