9) Genome sequence of COVID-19

Question 1

Context ?

Answer 1

India has shared 9 whole genome sequences of Novel Coronavirus with the “Global Initiative on Sharing all Influenza Data” (GISAID)

Question 2

What has ICMR done ?

Answer 2

It has allowed all National research Labs to test Novel Corona

Question 3

Which 2 institutes have already started sequencing ?

Answer 3

CSIR-CCMB (Hyderabad)

CSIR-IGIB (Delhi)

Question 4

What helps the virus to enter the human body ?

Answer 4

SPIKE protein of SARS COV-2

Question 5

What is DNA ?

Answer 5

Polymer made of nucleotides

Question 6

What is a Nucleotide made of ?

Answer 6

1) Deoxyribose sugar
2) A phosphate group
3) Nitrogen base (Adenine, Thymine, Guanine, Cytosine)

Question 7

What decides our genetic code ?

Answer 7

Order of nitrogen bases in DNA

Question 8

What is a genome ?

Answer 8

1) It is an organisms complete set of DNA, including all of its genes
2) Each genome contains all of the information needed to build and maintain that organism
3) Figuring out the order of DNA nucleotides

Question 9

Does genome includes only genes ?

Answer 9

NOOO, it includes both Genes and non coding sequences of DNA/RNA