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Flashcards by Evian Chai, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Evian Chai
over 5 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| How many genes do we have? | around 21,000 genes |
| What are LINES and SINES? What are they from? | Long Interspersed Elements (6000bp) and Short Interspersed Elements (500bp) are non coding regions of DNA From remains of retrovirus genomes |
| What is bioinformatics? | Use of computers to analyse/organise genome data |
| Conceptual translation looks for... | Open Reading Frames |
| Computers can compare DNA to... in order to... They can also assign proteins to ... | known genes identify genes/suggest function Functional families |
| Functional genomics involes the use of | Model species to analyse function of gene 'knock out' mice |
| What is the transcriptome? What is the proteome? What is the microbiome? | 1. The set of all RNAs expressed in a cell-including non-coding RNAs 2. Set of all proteins expressed in a cell/tissue 3. Genes in our microbiome |
| What is the most common type of polymorphism? | Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) SNP allele may be associated with some diseases susceptibility |
| A multifactorial trait arises from | The interaction of multiple genes and the environment |
| The current cost of sequencing a human genome is around... | 1000 pounds |
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