We isolate a transposable element in the human genome and determine its sequence. To determine whether other primates have the same transposable element in their genomes we need to do the following:
• A BLAST (Basic Local Alignment Search Tool) search is done. BLAST indicates basic local alignment search tool
• In this site, the DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid) sequence of the transposable element is added as a query sequence.
• The type of sequence should be selected as nucleotide sequence
• We should also select primates to be scanned for similarities
• When we submit the sequence, it scans the sequence against the existing sequences in the human genome
• It then gives all the closest matches to the given sequence submitted
Based on the percentage of similarity, we can identify the copy number of the transposable element isolated in other primates.