Unit 1.5 - Bioinformatics Flashcards
What is required to compare a sequence data?
Computer and statistical analysis (bioinformatics)
What is bioinformatics used for?
Bioinformatics is the use of computer technology to identify and analyse DNA sequences
What can individuals genome be analysed to predict?
The likelihood of developing certain diseases
What is personalised medicine?
When an individual’s personal genome sequence can be used to select the most effective drugs and dosage to treat their disease
What is pharmacognetics?
The use of genome information in the choice of drugs.
What is the genome of an organism?
It’s entire hereditary information encoded in DNA
What is a genome made up of?
Genes and other DNA sequences that are not code for proteins
What can the sequence of bases be determined for?
Individual genes and entire genomes
How can computer programs be used to identify base sequences?
By looking for sequences similar to known genes
