Topic 5 Flashcards
What do you call the use of computer technology to identify DNA sequences?
Bioinformatics.
What does Systematics compare?
Human genome sequence data and genomes of other species.
What does Systematics provide information on?
Evolutionary relationships and origins.
Personalised medicine is based on what?
An individuals genome.
The sequence of bases can be determined for?
Individuals genes and entire genomes.
Personalised medicine is based on what?
An individuals genome.
The sequence of bases can be determined for?
Individual genes and entire genomes.
By screening a sample from a patient for presence/absence of a particular sequence what can be made?
A diagnosis or risk of disease.
What are DNA probes?
Short, single stranded synthetic fragments of DNA complementary to a specific sequence.
(Micro) Arrays are used to detect the presence of what in samples of DNA?
Specific sequences.
What is the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)?
A technique for amplifying DNA in vitro
