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| Comparative genomics - A perspective
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Authors | Selvarajan Sivashankari1 and Piramanayagam Shanmughavel2, *
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Affiliation | 1Department of Bioinformatics, Kongunadu Arts & Science College, Coimbatore - 641029; 2,*Computational Biology Laboratory, Department of Bioinformatics, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore - 641046
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| shanvel_99@yahoo.com;* Corresponding author
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Article Type | Views & Challenges
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Date | received November 17, 2006; revised January 26, 2007; accepted February 01, 2006; published online March 27, 2007
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The rapidly emerging field of comparative genomics has yielded dramatic results. Comparative genome analysis has become feasible with the availability of a number of completely sequenced genomes. Comparison of complete genomes between organisms allow for global views on genome evolution and the availability of many completely sequenced genomes increases the predictive power in deciphering the hidden information in genome design, function and evolution. Thus, comparison of human genes with genes from other genomes in a genomic landscape could help assign novel functions for un-annotated genes. Here, we discuss the recently used techniques for comparative genomics and their derived inferences in genome biology.
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Keywords
| comparative genomics; genome correspondence; gene identification, genome evolution
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Citation | Sivashankari & Shanmughavel, Bioinformation 1(9): 376-378 (2007)
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Edited by | P. Kangueane
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ISSN | 0973-2063
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Copyright | Publisher
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Copyright Transfer Agreement | The authors of published articles in Bioinformation automatically transfer the copyright to the publisher upon formal acceptance. However, the authors reserve right to use the information contained in the article for non commercial purposes.
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License | This is an open-access article, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, for non-commercial purposes, provided the original author and source are credited.
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