Tech Notes

Q. What is exactly a genome in GeneSpring?

A. In GeneSpring, a genome is a list of genes spotted on an array. It contains the gene identifiers or spot numbers, as well as all related information about the genes or oligos, such as accession numbers, description, and chromosomal map location. It is the base upon which all experiments are imported and analyzed. As such, a genome can be either an array name (e.g. HG_U133A), or the name of the organism, if for example the array contains all the genes of a fully sequenced species.

Each genome is opened in its separate window. Find the list of genomes under the File menu, by selecting "Open Genome or Array". All the experiments performed using this array would be imported using this genome information and stored under the "Experiments" folder in the GeneSpring navigator.