LESSON 9: BIOINFORMATICS

Question 1

Application of information
technology in storing, organizing,
and analyzing biological data

Answer 1

BIOINFORMATICS

Question 2

bioinformatics focuses on

Answer 2

proteins = building blocks
nucleic acids = information
carrier

Question 3

why is bioinformatics important

Answer 3

The human brain cannot store vast
genetic sequences.

Computers allow efficient storage,
analysis, and use of large
biological datasets

Question 4

what are the software tools for bioinformatics

Answer 4

• blast
• annotator
• genefinder

Question 5

used for comparing
sequences.

Answer 5

blast

Question 6

an interactive
genome analysis tool

Answer 6

annotator

Question 7

tool to identify coding
regions and splice sites

Answer 7

genefinder

Question 8

It was initiated in 1988; sequence
information is a key resource for
future medicine

Answer 8

human genome project

Question 9

It reduces traits for screening drug
compounds and identifying targets

Answer 9

bioinformatics in drug discovery

Question 10

It identifies diseases resistance
genes and designing plants with
high nutrition value

Answer 10

bioinformatics in plant biotechnology