Glossary

Question 1

Genomics

Answer 1

The entire sequence of an organism’s hereditary information, encoded in DNA is known as the genome and their study is called genomics

Question 2

System Biology

Answer 2

It’s a discipline for studying organisms as a network of interacting components

Question 3

Transcriptomics

Answer 3

The study of the set of all RNA molecules, including mRNA, rRNA and tRNA, present in a organism

Question 4

Proteomics

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The study of the entire complements of proteins expressed by the genome of an organism under specific defined condition

Question 5

Model System

Answer 5

A simple system of network which can be mapped to the problem under consideration and is easily computationally modelled within available technologies

Question 6

System

Answer 6

Term used to refer to a metabolic pathway, an organelle, a cell, a metabolic system or an entire organism. This term depends on the reference of the problem

Question 7

Network: Shortest path

Answer 7

Connect two nodes by as few edges as possible

Question 8

Network: Network diameter

Answer 8

The longest shortest path in the network

Question 9

Longest shortest path

Answer 9

The shortest (optimal) pathway to from one far node to the other furthest node