Albinism+Methods

Tools Used 1. NCBI (BLASTn)- Used to compare amino acid sequences of proteins and DNA nucleotide sequences. Accession numbers used include: 2. MEGA- Used to analyze nucleotide and protein sequences from different species. Also used to make phylogenetic trees in order to compare species. 3. OMIM- Used to do more specific research on the OCA2 gene. 4. STRING- Used to visually observe interactions between the OCA2 protein and other proteins. 5. Protein Data Bank- Used to examine the 3-D structure of the protein.
 * NM_000275.2
 * NM_001300984.1
 * NM_001131493.1

Scientific vs. Common Name of Organisms Human = //Homo sapiens// House Mouse = //Mus musculus// Wild Boar = //Sus scrofa// Mexican Tetra (Fish) = //Astyanax mexicanus// Japanese Rice Fish = //Oryzias latipes// Sumatran Orangutan = //Pongo abelii// Red Junglefowl (Chicken) = //Gallus gallus//

Parameters for phylogenetic trees



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