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个人看法，用你的mRNA或cDNA序列作BLAST，搜Refseq，EST等数据库，找到匹配的序列，有些匹配的序列是有功能介绍的，还有一些是没有功能介绍的，或者BLAST根本搜不到匹配的序列，据此来判断你的Gene是否被研究过，或者是否能编码蛋白质，等等。 |
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I do not major in biology and I do not know how a "new" gene is defined. But in my view, claiming a new gene requires your thorough understanding of its functions. I believe most of genes with unknown functions have already been found by deep EST sequencing. |