Unit 1 - Human Genome Key Area 6

Question 1

What is a Personal Genome Sequence

Answer 1

A personal genome sequence is a complete set of the person’s DNA bases. This can be analysed to predict the likelihood of developing certain diseases.

Question 2

What is Personalised Medicine

Answer 2

Knowledge and analysis of an individual’s genome may lead to personalised medicine where a genome sequence can be used to select the most effective drugs to treat their disease.

Question 3

What is Pharmacogenetics

Answer 3

Pharmacogenetics is the study of how genes affect a person’s response to drugs therefore can help with choice of drugs.
It studies the effects of pharmaceutical drugs on the genetically diverse members of the human population.

Question 4

What is the Human Genome

Answer 4

The human genome, is the complete set of hereditary information found in DNA

Question 5

What is the Human Genome made up of

Answer 5

It is made up of genes that carry the instructions to make proteins. The genome is also made up of other DNA sequences that do not code for proteins.

Question 6

What is Genomic sequencing

Answer 6

Genomic sequencing is the study of the human genome where the sequence of nucleotide bases is determined for individual genesor evenentire genomes.

Question 7

What is Genomic sequencing used for

Answer 7

It can be used to find out about individual genes and be able to relate this information about genes to their function.

Question 8

How does genomic sequencing work

Answer 8

Genomic sequencing uses computer programs to identify base sequences by looking for sequences similar to known genes.

Question 9

What is Bioinformatics

Answer 9

The data is then compared using computers and statistical analysis.
The process of genomic sequencing, computer and statistical analysis is called bioinformatics