Which technique would not be used to find a gene for a functional protein in a sequenced region of a genome?
A) Scan the region for ORFs.
B) Scan the region for start and stop codons.
C) Scan an SNP database that contains sequences in the region.
D) Scan the region for promoter sequences.
E) Scan the region for intron splice sites.

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Scanning an SNP database is not a technique used to directly identify genes for functional proteins; it is used to identify variations in the DNA sequence.

Which Technique Would Not Be Used to Find a Gene