How to identify and characterize novel genes?

Question

[micahadekunle]

Hello everyone, how do i identify and characterize novel genes from my gene list?

[lieven.sterck]

if you want to functionally annotate genes (or at least have an indication) you could consider online tools such as TRAPID

Answer 1

[MSRS]

NCBI Blast is a good option. But first, we need to know from which organism those gene/s belongs. This publication mignt help all the available mathmatical model so far used for this purpose.

[micahadekunle]

Thanks for your contribution. Well appreciated!