Applications and Discoveries - Contents

Use of model plants

Model plants: Arabidopsis

What we've learned

Gene number

Alternative splicing

Genome size

Mechanisms of genome expansion

Functionality of extra DNA

Types of genes in the genome

"Gene function" not always due to the gene itself

Evolution of genic regions over time

Implications: levels of polymorphism

Predicting gene function

Gene annotation: be careful!

Microarrays

The use of microarrays

Microarray: tomato

Analysis of microarrays

Systems biology: the next step

The rest of the story

The future of comparative genomics

Ethical considerations

Credit in science

Accountability & fraud: the risks of community data

Impact of comparative genomics