Bushmeat CRISIS-Blast Assignment
Instructions:1: Using the DNA Blast Program- http://blast.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Blast.cgitype in the DNA sequence into the nucleotide blast. Choose the “Nucleotide blast”. Under Database, make sure to choose “other”.
2: Using the results from the blast, type the organism name into google to find out what organism you have. (Common Name)
Sample #A62498: Sitatunga
Sample #B77342: African Porcupine
Sample #C79942: Olive Baboon
Sample #C80217: African Bush Elephant
Sample #C90034: Drill
Sample #D51210: Central Chimpanzee
Sample #G34176: Preuss Monkey
Sample #G54358: Greater Cane Rat
Sample #H64991: Western Red Colobus
Sample #I38722: Peters's Duiker
Sample #K28831: Jentink's Duiker
Sample #N51683: Bongo
Conclusion:Why is it important to know the genome of an organism? How does it help us to identify endangered and threatened species?
Many animals or species look very much alike. Some organisms may belong in the same family but the species maybe different. For example, a tiger and a lion belong in the cat family, but their species are different from one another. By giving each species a genome sequence, we are able to find out many things about the animal that is given the sequence including the type of species that it is. This is able to help identify endangered and threaten species because of the genome's ability to sort out each organism very specifically. Scientist and the People that are hunting and or poaching, are able to identify each animal specifically. If they spot an animal that they might recognize as endangered, they might have the respect to not hunt them. One example is if someone is not able to find the difference between a tiger and a lion, they can find the genome of that animal they just killed and remember to not hunt for them based on their characteristics. Scientists can also use this to set boundaries for hunters.
2: Using the results from the blast, type the organism name into google to find out what organism you have. (Common Name)
Sample #A62498: Sitatunga
Sample #B77342: African Porcupine
Sample #C79942: Olive Baboon
Sample #C80217: African Bush Elephant
Sample #C90034: Drill
Sample #D51210: Central Chimpanzee
Sample #G34176: Preuss Monkey
Sample #G54358: Greater Cane Rat
Sample #H64991: Western Red Colobus
Sample #I38722: Peters's Duiker
Sample #K28831: Jentink's Duiker
Sample #N51683: Bongo
Conclusion:Why is it important to know the genome of an organism? How does it help us to identify endangered and threatened species?
Many animals or species look very much alike. Some organisms may belong in the same family but the species maybe different. For example, a tiger and a lion belong in the cat family, but their species are different from one another. By giving each species a genome sequence, we are able to find out many things about the animal that is given the sequence including the type of species that it is. This is able to help identify endangered and threaten species because of the genome's ability to sort out each organism very specifically. Scientist and the People that are hunting and or poaching, are able to identify each animal specifically. If they spot an animal that they might recognize as endangered, they might have the respect to not hunt them. One example is if someone is not able to find the difference between a tiger and a lion, they can find the genome of that animal they just killed and remember to not hunt for them based on their characteristics. Scientists can also use this to set boundaries for hunters.