Question

File: "DARK BLUE" chromatogram sequence Run Ended: Jul 26, 2003, 1:45:37 Signal G:31 A:18 T:14 C:13 Sample: Olum-abobseq Lane: 12 Base spacing 15.75 1511 bases in 16944 scans 10 20 G C CCA CCCA Comment: 2010-Ime-hh Page 1 of 7 30 G 40 G N I MWM Wanan UNA DuranWNLOA AMADIWIAIN COMUNIWW MILLAINA WINON WAANDINAVIANORULARIDANI WAWILINIOMI 14 А с с А G G G с ANG 190 TTN C AG G N NTN N N N A NN N NC NC NA TNC nucleotide position 261 nucleotide position 297 MW Locus 297: Locus 261: Genotype: Phenotype: Antibodies against:

Answer 1

You took only exon 6 because the sequence changes that lead to the different blood types occur mainly in this exon, so to determine the different alleles for this trait you actually only need this exon, the rest of the exons are not really informative for this purpose.