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Structure of the genome Flashcards

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what is meant by the “genome”?

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all of an organisms hereditary information encoded within its DNA

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what is a genome made of?

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genes and other DNA sequences that do not code for proteins

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what is the function of the coding regions of the genome?

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to code for proteins

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what is a gene?

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a dna sequence that codes for a protein

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what are the functions of the non coding regions of the genome?

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transcribed but not translate e.g to make tRNA or rRNA

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