Metagenome Annotation Using a Distributed Grid of Undergraduate Students

The Annotathon is a novel bioinformatics teaching environment, where undergraduate students join in a community annotation effort. Besides being a rewarding educational tool, it holds the added promise of potentially useful scientific findings.

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