Genomics

Question 1

Austrian monk who conducted pioneering experiments on inheritance in peas. Known as the “Father of Genetics”

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Mendel

Question 2

These 2 discovered the double helical structure of the DNA molecule in 1953

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Crick and Watson

sounds super British: Watson plays CRICKet

Question 3

He developed techniques to sequence DNA

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Sanger

He SANG a song, the lyrics were SEQUENCED

Question 4

**Collaborative global project from 1990 to 2003 which mapped and sequenced the entire human genome, leading to a greater understanding of genetics and many innovations and technological developments

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Human Genome Project

Question 5

This is where human tissue, blood, and buccal smears are collected from patients with well-documented diseases

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Bio-banks

Question 6

These people use the data to study links between specific genes and disease, and more recently pharmacogenetics

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Geneticists

Question 7

Process in which a normal healthy gene’s DNA repair mechanisms are inserted into an abnormal gene, that cannot repair itself, in hopes of preventing the disease from developing.

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Gene Therapy

Question 8

This has become an important way to help educate high risk individuals for genetic diseases on the process of screening and the interpretation of the results.

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Genetic Counseling

Question 9

This study looks for genetic cause when an unusual response to a drug is detected in an INDIVIDUAL

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Pharmacogenetics

Question 10

This study links identified genetic differences in POPULATIONS to drug responses

Answer 10

Pharmacogenomics