9.7 Bioinformatics: Information technology and genomes Flashcards
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What does Bioinformatics mean?
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Is the science of using computational methods (specialised software) to decipher the biological meaning of information contained within organismal system
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3 examples of bioinformatics tools:
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RefSeq = Is a single, complete, annotated version of the species genome
BLAST = It allows you to find nucleotide or amino acid sequences related to any given nucleotide or amino acid sequence
GenBank = Serves as the most widely used online repository of sequence data
