Lec 10&11

Question 1

study of the collective genomes of multiple species that grow and interact in an environmental niche.

Answer 1

Metagenomics

Question 2

Metagenomics can be used to?

Answer 2

• to identify new species more rapidly.
• to analyze the effect of pollutants on the environment.

Question 3

involves evaluating the effectiveness and safety of drugs on the basis of information from an individual’s genomic sequence.

Answer 3

Pharmacogenomics

Question 4

involves screening and identifying currently healthy individuals by genome analysis at the individual level.

Answer 4

Predicting Disease Risk at the Individual Level

Question 5

the entire set of proteins produced by a cell type

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proteome

Question 6

The study of the function of proteomes

Answer 6

proteomics.

Question 7

are the final products of genes that perform the function encoded by the gene.

Answer 7

Proteins

Question 8

set of proteins with altered expression levels

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protein signature

Question 9

individual protein

Answer 9

biomarker

Question 10

• used to improve the screening and early detection of cancer.
• used to develop individualized treatment plans.
• used to predict the possibility of disease recurrence.

Answer 10

Applications of proteomics

Question 11

provides biological and medical information to allow for individualized healthcare.

Answer 11

Clinical bioinformatics

Question 12

• detects the presence and abundance of labeled nucleic acids in a biological sample.
• measures gene expression

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microarray (Clinical bioinformatics)

Question 13

is the alteration of a single nucleotide.

Answer 13

SNPs

Question 14

has established the dbSNP

Answer 14

NCBI

Question 15

is the study of entire genomes, including the complete set of genes, their nucleotide sequence and organization, and their interactions within a species and with other species

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Genomics

Question 16

species that is studied as a model to understand the biological processes in other species that can be represented by the model organism.

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model organism

Question 17

involves evaluating the effectiveness and safety of drugs on the basis of information from an individual’s genomic sequence.
Which Applications of genomics is this?

Answer 17

Pharmacogenomics

Question 18

study of the collective genomes of multiple species that grow and interact in an environmental niche.
Which Applications of genomics is this?

Answer 18

Metagenomics