Page 49 - IBRO_RNA School_Abstract Book

IBRO-APRC Associate school of Neuroscience

Question 1
(a)How many exons are there in a gene named "EN2" in the human genome?

Answer: 2

Exon2
Exon1

(b)Which chromosome does it occur on in the human genome?

Answer: Chr7, see above fig, orange box
(c)Does a gene named "EN2" also exist in mouse? (Enable the tracks under "comparative
genomics" section or "other Refseq" track. It can also be checked by changing the genome
settings from Human to Mouse)

Answer: Yes

Question-2

(a)The following primers are specific to a gene in mouse. Which gene is it?
Forward primer – TAGAGGGTGGGCTTTTGTTG

Reverse primer – GCTCCCTCTGCATCTACGTC