Bioinformatics Flashcards
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What is bioinformatics?
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Is the use of computers to collect, store and analyse biological data such as DNA and amino acid sequences to describe the molecular components of living things.
2
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What are annotations?
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Is the computerised process that identifies the location of genes and all coding regions of a genome.
3
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How has bioinformatics helped with tracing the evolution of organisms?
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By measuring changes in their DNA, rather than through traditional techniques of physical taxonomy or physiological adaptations. The more similar the genes of two species, the closer their evolutionary relationship.
