1.5 The structure of the genome Flashcards

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What is the ‘genome’ of an organism?

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The genome is the organism’s entire hereditary information encoded in its bases

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What does the genome consist of?

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Non coding regions(introns) and coding regions(exons)

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What are coding regions of the genome also known as?

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Genes

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What does most of the eukaryotic genome consist of?

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Non coding regions

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What are some functions of non coding regions?

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  • Regulation of Transcription

- Transcribed to mRNA but never translated

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Define a ‘gene’

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DNA sequences that code for protein

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Give an example of a non translated form of RNA

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rRNA, tRNA

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