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Main topics: ARB: a Short Introduction Glossary What are Species ? | Related topics: What are Marked Genes ? Selected gene What are Gene-species? What are Organisms? GENE INFORMATION
# What are Genes ? DESCRIPTION NOTES WARNINGS BUGS ## DESCRIPTION
### One gene is one database entry containing subentries which describe the gene. Every gene belongs to a specific organism, but one organism may have many genes. ### Main (reserved) entries of a gene: name, pos_begin, pos_end, complement, pos_joined, pos_begin1, pos_end1, pos_begin2, pos_end2, ... pos_uncertain, codon_start, transl_table ### See ´GENE INFORMATION´ for details about these fields.
## NOTES
### The main-sequence of a organism(species) is stored in the alignment 'ali_genom'. You should not change this alignment.
## WARNINGS
### The alignment 'ali_genom' should NOT contain any gaps!!!!
## BUGS
### No known bugs