| Description: | Since its inception in 2002, scientists in the Center for Evolutionary Functional Genomics (EFG) have leveraged innovations in information technology into tools for testing long-standing biological problems. The recent ability to obtain the complete DNA sequence information of any organism, or genome, has allowed us to map and explore the genetic blueprints necessary for life as well as their evolution. We are developing new methods for exploring the gene interactions that guide the maturation of a single fertilized egg cell into a complex adult animal with trillions of cells and building easy-to-use computer software for the analysis of genomic databases. Using developmental gene expression image data from Drosophila, we are developing the first-of-a-kind computational tool and web resource for the digital analysis of developmental gene expression patterns. |
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