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    1. Where do I start at NCBI ?
                 1. NCBI's home page
                 2. Entrez home page
                 3. Zebrafish Genome Resources
                 4. Danio rerio Taxonomy page
                 5. NCBI's FTP resoruces
                 6. NCBI's Site Search

    2. How do I find my gene ?
                 1. How do I find my gene by searches based on text, sequence or map position ?
                 2. How do I find my gene when a text search does not work ?
                 3. How can I find the zebrafish homolog of a recently cloned mouse gene?

    3. How do I find gene-related data ?
                 1. What gene-related information is available in Entrez Gene ?
                 2. How do I identify a likely homolog for my gene ?
                 3. Is my gene annotated on the zebrafish whole genome assembly ?
                 4. What map data is available for zebrafish at NCBI ?
                 5. What other genes, ESTs, STS markers or BACs are annotated near my gene ?
                 6. How can I identify BAC and PAC clones that would aid me in mapping genomic
                    clones to chromosomes?
                 7. How do I find all ZGC clones ?
                 8. How do I find library information for a ZGC clone ?
                 9. Are there SNPs associated with my gene?
                 10. What Entrez Gene records have links to the ZFIN's expression data ?
                 11. What resources are available to find expression data ?
                 12. What are other possible ways to infer function for my gene?
                 13. How do I find cDNAs that have been derived from a specific library?
                 14. Where can I find a list of all Entrez records for Danio rerio ?

    4. Where can I ask questions or submit suggestions ?