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FelineGenome Explorer

Ana Mimic, Daniel Pérez,

Frank Polak, Alexa Szeifert

DBW: Application Project

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CATS: mammals or aliens?

In search for the answer we present the FelineGenome Explorer

A cutting edge bioinformatical tool for decoding the cat DNA developed to help understand the true nature of cats.

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Key Functionality:

Browse the curated database of cat genes with links to outside sources

1. Genome Browser

Visualize genetic mutations within genes

2. Visualization

Explore the differences in the genetic makeup of different breeds

3. Breed Explorer

Manage your Past searches and Data. Include your own sources

4. Create your Profile

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Input:

  • Gene Name
  • Cat breed
  • Chromosomal location
  • FASTA file

Output:

  • Gene Profile
  • Gene Sequence
  • Visualization Tool
  • Links to External Sources
  • Information About Cat Breed
  • Citation
  • Picture of a Cat

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Specification

The Application Will be developed using the following tools and programming languages

Front End

HTML, CSS, JavaScript, links to external stylesheets (TBD)

Back end

PHP/Python

Database

MySQL

Additional

Python (TBD)

Visualization tools

Python modules

Links to External Resources

UniProt, NCBI Blast, etc.

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Stay tuned!

Thank you!