Comparing Genomes

Question 1

What is comparing genomes?

Answer 1

it is useful to compare genomes with individuals of the same and different species

Question 2

What is an example of evolutinary relatedness?

Answer 2

e.g. hippo and whales

luca -> dolphins -> whales -> hippo -> pigs

Question 3

What is the genotype-phenotype relationships?

Answer 3

you analyse the genotype to predict the phenotype

you can use biological info to calculate the likely problems caused by common mutations

Question 4

What is epidemiology?

Answer 4

it is a study of disease - causes, effects and distribution

effect of genetic disorders in populations e.g. Angelina Jolie had BRAC1

Question 5

What is bioinfamatics?

Answer 5

using computers to analyse and interpret data

Question 6

What is computational biology?

Answer 6

using computers to make models of biological systems

e.g. predict changes to the tertiary structure of a protein by changes to the primary structure

Question 7

What is synthetic biology?

Answer 7

designing and creating new biological systems, molecules, and machines

e.g. building new enzymes to make them more efficient