Phylogenetic

• Genes


  Play a crucial role in determining an organism's characteristics and functions
• The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) provides access to genomic and biomedical information
• Two types of preliminary analysis can be conducted using data from GenBank: manual search and BLAST method
• Identification and classification of organisms

  Morphology is traditionally used, but molecular and genetic data are also incorporated for taxonomic and phylogenetic studies
• NCBI GenBank provides the Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST) for identification and similarity search of DNA sequences
• NCBI GenBank has the most current and extensive genetic information
• NCBI GenBank is a database for DNA sequences used for molecular studies
• Mutations in genes

  Drive evolution and result in distinct genetic sequences among different species
• NCBI GenBank is the global repository for genetic data containing information from all scientifically studied organisms
• The Percent Identity is highest in the top-most species list, suggesting the likelihood of the sample sequence with the species list produced from GENBANK