THE STRUCTRE OF THE GENOME U1 Flashcards
1
Q
State what the genome is and how it is made up
A
The genome of the organism is its entire hereditary information encoded in DNA.
The genome is made up of genes and other DNA sequences that do not code for proteins.
Most of the eukaryotic genome consists of non-coding regions.
2
Q
Describe a gene and the function of the non-coding regions
A
DNA sequences that code for proteins are defined as genes.
Other sequences regulate transcription (example start and stop sequences) whilst others are transcribed but not translated.
Examples are rRNA and tRNA.
