What is gene annotation in bioinformatics?

A) finding transcriptional start and stop sites, RNA splice sites, and ESTs in DNA sequences
B) assigning names to newly discovered genes
C) describing the functions of noncoding regions of the genome
D) matching the corresponding phenotypes of different species


A

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