How to calculate total number of exons in the human copy of a gene that's given
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If provided with a sequence, how can you calculate the number of total exons there are in a human copy of that gene?

CAACTCAGCCATTGTTAAAAGCCCACCCTAAGTTTTCAAAGAAATTTCACGACAACGAG
AAAGCAAGAGGCAAAGCGATCCATCAAGCCAACCTTCGACATCTCTGCCGCATCTGTGG
GAATTCTTTTAGAGCTGATGAGCACAACAGGAGATATCCAGTCCATGGTCCTGTGGATG
GTAAAACCCTAGGCCTTTTACGAAAGAAGGAAAAGAGAGCTACTTCCTGGCCGGACCTC
ATTGCCAAGGTTTTCCGGATCGATGTGAAGGCAGATGTTGACTCGATCCACCCCACTGA
GTTCTGCCATAACTGCTGGAGCATCATGCACAGGAAGTTTAGCAGTGCCCCATGTGAGG
TTTACTTCCCGAGGAACGTGACCATGGAGTGGCACCCCCACACACCATCCTGTGACATC
TGCAACACTGCCCGTCGGGGACTCAAGAGGAAGAGTCTTCAGCCAAACTTGCAGCTCAG
CAAAAAACTCAAAACTGTGCTTGACCAAGCAAGACAAGCCCGTCAGCACAAGAGAAGAG
CTCAGGCAAGGATCAGCAGCAAGGATGTCATGAAGAAGATCGCCAACTGCAGTAAGATA
CATCTTAGTACCAAGCTCCTTGCAGTGGACTTCCCAGAGCACTTTGTGAAATCCATCTC
CTGCCAGATCTGTGAACACATTCTGGCTGACCCTGTGGAGACCAACTGTAAGCATGTCT
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PoGibas 5.1k

For quick and dirty solution you can use UCSC blat. Select human genome and submit your sequence: example sequence gives one 100% hit in RAG1 gene exon.

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so there is a total of one exon?

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It's like 35% of exon (translated part).

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