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@ The Blaxter Lab, Institute of Evolutionary Biology, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Edinburgh

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Genomes and Genomics 3 2011 - 2012

PRACTICAL | TECH SESSIONS | LECTURES


velvet worms

 

PRACTICAL:
EST sequencing from the velvetworm Euperipatoides kanangrensis

PRACTICAL SCHEDULE
 
INTRODUCTORY LECTURE
 
Onychophora LECTURE
 
An introduction to Onychophora (Current Biology paper) | Lecture
STUDENT RESULTS 2012
 
Computer Practical Day 1
 
Analysis Lectures 1 and 2
  Processing your traces PDF | Functional Anayses PDF
Computer Practical Day 2
 
WRITEUP INSTRUCTIONS
 



TECH SESSIONS

Technical Session 1: Sequencing Genomes | Lecture Notes PDF (updated)| SOLEXA and 454 sequencing - an introduction PDF | Practical Notes html

Technical Session 4: Gene Finding | Lecture Notes PDF | Practical Notes html

Technical Session 6: Molecular Phylogenetics | Lecture Notes PDF | Practical Notes html

Technical Session 7: Genome Databases | Lecture Notes PDF | Practical Notes html | HOX genes PDF

 

LECTURES

 

The genomes of the yeasts Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Schizosaccharomyces pombe

PDF of lecture notes

The genomes of parasitic protozoa: Plasmodium falciparum and Trypanosoma brucei

PDF of lecture notes

The genome of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans

PDF of lecture notes

The C. elegans Genome. A more in depth view...

The C. elegans ORFeome

The genome of Drosophila melanogaster

PDF of lecture notes

The reannotation of the Drosophila melanogaster genome based on completion of the sequence in 2003.

The genome of Homo sapiens

PDF of lecture notes

The human genome papers
Publicly Funded Project
Celera Project
The Mouse Genome


Other Genomes, Other Sites

Some links to other genome projects that may be of interest

Human Genome Links

The TIGR Microbial Genome Database

Plant Genomics

Parasite Genomes

Genomes On Line Database GOLD 2.0 at the EBI

GOLD 1.0 at the Univ. Illinois

The Sanger Institute: the premier UK genome sequencing centre with projects on bacteria, protozoa, C. elegans, fugu (puffer fish) and human genomes (amongst others)
The Washington University High Throughput Genome Sequencing Center
: A US counterpart of the Sanger Institute with a major involvement in ESTs, human, mouse and C. elegans (amongst others)


Website Highlight

Blaxter Lab Publications 2006

evolution of operons

The tree of Nematoda

We have used molecular phylogenetics techniques to update our tree of the nematodes, revealing new patterns in the evolution of parasitism and of life on the land.

Meldal BH, Debenham NJ, De Ley P, De Ley IT, Vanfleteren JR, Vierstraete AR, Bert W, Borgonie G, Moens T, Tyler PA, Austen MC, Blaxter ML, Rogers AD, Lambshead PJ. An improved molecular phylogeny of the Nematoda with special emphasis on marine taxa. Mol Phylogenet Evol. 2006 Sep 23 doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2006.08.025.

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