Intro to Genomics

Question 1

Definition of genomics?

Answer 1

Study of entire DNA sequence

Question 2

Definition of genetics?

Answer 2

Study of how traits are passed down

Question 3

What is transcription?

Answer 3

DNA to RNA

Question 4

What is translation?

Answer 4

RNA to Protein

Question 5

What process causes the change of DNA to RNA?

Answer 5

Transcription

Question 6

What process causes the change of RNA to protein?

Answer 6

Translation

Question 7

Definition of genome?

Answer 7

DNA in its entirety

Question 8

Definition of transcriptome?

Answer 8

RNA transcripts produced by a cell, tissue or organism

in its entirety

Question 9

Definition of proteome?

Answer 9

Protein content in its entirety

Question 10

What are microarrays?

Answer 10

Tools used for genotyping a large number of subjects and/or SNPs (single nucleotides polymorphism)

Question 11

What are post-translational modifications made to proteins?

Answer 11

The addition of different carbohydrates chains

Question 12

Definition of polymorphism?

Answer 12

A discontinuous genetic variation

Question 13

Definition of epigenome?

Answer 13

A change on a particular point on the DNA strand or histones

Question 14

Definition of metagenome?

Answer 14

Genomes from a specific location in all organisms