VCU Bioinformatics and Bioengineering Summer Institute
Virginia Commonwealth University
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Research Simulation
The origin of human genetic variability from
cross-species comparisons: The truth about Blast

Time: Monday, June 28, 9:00 am - noon
Place: Bioinformatics Computer Core Lab (Rm 104), Life Sciences Bldg
Organizers: Zhongming Zhao and Jeff Elhai
Audience: Primarily 1st year students

Topics of session

  • Introduction to Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNP)
  • An Overview of mammalian genomes
  • Online resource of SNP and genome sequences

Resources of session

Before coming to the session