This page was produced as an assignment for Genetics 677, an undergraduate course at UW-Madison.
Homologous Genes
These homologous genes were found in HomoloGene
Homo sapiens - human
CDKN2A 26740 base pairs NG_007485.1 Pan troglodytes - chimpanzee CDKN2A 7301 base pairs NC_006476.3 |
Bos taurus - cow
CDKN2A 24683 base pairs NC_007306.5 Mus musculus - mouse CDKN2A 156508116 base pairs NC_000070.6 |
Rattus norvegicus - rat
CDKN2A 7632 base pairs NC_005104.2 Danio rerio - zebrafish LOC100329528 2036 base pairs NC_007112.5 |
Analysis
The homologous genes were more difficult to find and align than the homologous proteins. I attribute a lot of this to the great variability in sequence length, along with the very large genes in particular organisms. For instance, the CDKN2A homolog in mice has over 100 million base pairs!