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DNA Microarray

What is DNA Microarray? DNA Microarray

allows scientists to perform an experiment on thousands of genes at the same time.

How’s its useful

The sequence of the protein it encodes

Can guess the function of the gene

Can look for the presence of mutations

Can study the evolution of genes

Process

When a gene is activated, cellular machinery begins to copy certain segments of that gene which results in messenger RNA

Resources

Sassanfar, M., & Walker, G. Dna microarray technology. Biology Science Outreach. Retrieved from https://biology.mit.edu/sites/default/files/DNAmicroarray.pdf

http://www.transcriptome.ens.fr/sgdb/presentation/principle.php