APESBushmeatDNABlastAssignment

Name:GalileaPatricio
Backstory:ImagineyouareworkingwithconservationistsinCameroon.Youwantto
helpthemidentifypotentialpoachersandhelpthemtoenforcelocalpoachinglaws.You
needtoidentifywhichvendorsaresellingthepoachedmeatbutitisinpiecesandhard
toidentifythespeciesbysightwhatdoyoudo?
Instructions:1:UsingtheDNABlastProgramhttp://blast.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Blast.cgi
typeintheDNAsequenceintothenucleotideblast.ChoosetheNucleotideblast.
UnderDatabase,makesuretochooseother.

2:Usingtheresultsfromtheblast,typetheorganismnameintogoogletofindoutwhat
organismyouhave.(CommonName)
Sample#A62498:Sitatunga
Sample#B77342:Plasmodiumatheruri
Sample#C79942:OliveBaboon
Sample#C80217:AfricanBushElephant
Sample#C90034:Drill
Sample#D51210:Gorilla
Sample#G34176:PreusssMonkey
Sample#G54358:GreaterCaneRat
Sample#H64991:WesternRedColobus
Sample#I38722:PetersDuiker
Sample#K28831:JentinksDuiker
Sample#N51683:Bongo
Conclusion:Whyisitimportanttoknowthegenomeofanorganism?Howdoesithelp
ustoidentifyendangeredandthreatenedspecies?
It is important to know the genome of an organism because we can not physically
distinguish one organisms meat from another such as bush meat and farm meat. Knowing
the genome of organisms helps identify endangered and threatened species because
each species has its own particular genome that varies from within the species and is
differentfromothers.