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A 15-minute hands-on tutorial: predict genes in a small phage genome with Prodigal, read its error message, switch to meta mode and compare the result with the NCBI annotation, all in the browser.

Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Keywords: Prodigal, gene prediction, genome annotation, phage, workflow

Competency level: • Beginner

Resource type: hands-on tutorial

Learning objectives:

  • Choose between single-genome and meta mode
  • Compare predicted genes with a published annotation
  • Predict protein-coding genes with Prodigal
  • Read a tool’s error message and act on it

Authors: IEETA, University of Aveiro

External resources:
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