Patent ID: 8185323

Claim:
A method of detecting certain exons and introns in genome data comprising the steps of: a) providing a computer for data identification and comparison purposes, the computer having access to predetermined genome data including nucleotide sequence data, predetermined 5′ and 3′ splicing junction data, and exon and intron data; b) obtaining genome data from biochemical analysis of a test sample or from a database; c) computer mediated identification of 5′ and 3′ splicing junctions in the test sample based on similarities with the predetermined 5′ and 3′ splicing junctions, wherein the 5′ and 3′ splicing junctions in the test sample have less than 100% homology with the predetermined 5′ and 3′ splicing junctions; and d) detecting introns and exons of the 5′ and 3′ splicing junctions in the test sample based on similarities with the introns and exons of the predetermined 5′ and 3′ splicing junctions.