Gene Finding Exercise 2

Go to the

GenomeHub http://www.genome.gov/page.cfm?pageID=10001674

and from there to the NCBI Genome page.

Take the NCBI Genome tour to explore the human genome.

Question 1: On which human chromosome can you find the adrenoleukodystrophy gene ALD?

Question 2: Are there any SNPs in the gene ACE?

Pick one gene/protein from Exercise 1 and locate it in the human genome:

You may go to Ensembl, and click on the Help function, but feel free to use other genome sites as well:

NCBI Genome Tour

UCSC Golden Path