Mutation Detection

<p>All sequences generated by TILLING (see <a href="http://www.plosgenetics.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pgen.0020091#pgen-0020091-g007" target="_blank">Figure 7</a>) are examined and compared to a reference sequence by a Mutation Finder program. Any disparities with reference sequences are recorded for view in a Mutation Display window (A). Reference DNA and amino acid sequence is displayed above the trace and the TILLING trace below. Boxes around reference sequence nucleotides denote alterations in one or more TILLING traces; box color indicates number of traces altered. The asterisk above the reference amino acid sequence designates a position at which a mutation has been visually confirmed and recorded. Clicking on a box or asterisk will recover the trace(s) containing the change. Traces that are not confirmed are dismissed. All processed traces are accessible via the pull down trace lists. Examples of mutations are displayed for silent, missense, and nonsense alongside wild-type traces for comparison (B).