Rationale

Today we will finalize our independent research questions and begin looking more into the topics at hand.

Procedure

• Topics were reviewed to determine if the would be fit for an independent research project.
• A question was determined for use in the project
• Scientific literature was investigated to find articles that included topics in the realm of our project.

Results

The question that we created stated: What is the relationship between the percent GC and GC3 in AM-specific genes and genes present in AM and non-AM phages?

We utilized the following links establish a background on our topic:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3923770/

https://www.omicsonline.org/open-access/the-gc-content-of-bacterial-genomes-2329-9002-2-e108.php?aid=26236

https://www.pnas.org/content/111/39/E4096

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4576692/

Conclusions/Next Steps

Next, we will begin collecting data regarding our scientific question and dive deeper into our independent research project.