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 [[image:dna-split.png|thumbnail|right|150px|DNA]]
 
Another aspect of bioinformatics in sequence analysis is the automatic search for [[gene finding|genes]] and regulatory sequences within a genome.  Not all of the nucleotides within a genome are genes. Within the genome of higher organisms, large parts of the DNA do not serve any obvious purpose.  This so-called [[junk DNA]] may, however, contain unrecognized functional elements. Bioinformatics helps to bridge the gap between genome and [[proteome]] projects, for example in the use of DNA sequence for protein identification.
 
 ==Bioinformatics tools==
 
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 [[image:dna-split.png|thumbnail|right|150px|DNA]]
 
Another aspect of bioinformatics in sequence analysis is the automatic search for [[gene]]s and regulatory sequences within a genome.  Not all of the nucleotides within a genome are genes. Within the genome of higher organisms, large parts of the DNA do not serve any obvious purpose.  This so-called [[junk DNA]] may, however, contain unrecognized functional elements. Bioinformatics helps to bridge the gap between genome and [[proteome]] projects, for example in the use of DNA sequence for protein identification.
 
 ==Bioinformatics tools==
 
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