Biology Forums - Study Force

Biology-Related Homework Help Cell Biology Topic started by: barry on Jul 13, 2012



Title: It is not always easy to locate or identify genes based on cDNA. How is this pr
Post by: barry on Jul 13, 2012
 It is not always easy to locate or identify genes based on cDNA. How is this problem created by the differences between cDNA and DNA with respect to a given gene?


Title: Re: It is not always easy to locate or identify genes based on cDNA. How is this pr
Post by: duddy on Jul 14, 2012
cDNA is made from mRNA, which in eukaryotes is processed transcript with exons removed. The original gene may have many exons, and if so, the cDNA may little resemble it.