Unit 3: Bioinformatics Flashcards by Ruby Betteridge | Brainscape

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What is bioinformatics ?

A

It is information technology applied to the management and analysis of biological data
It is a set of tools that allows us to answer biological questions

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Why so we need bioinformatics ?

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There are huge amounts of complex data

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What is the flanking region of a gene ?

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Areas of DNA next to the genes but are not part of the gene itself

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