uses of DNA sequencing Flashcards

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bioinformatics

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  • using computer software to analyse biological data
  • algorithms, statistical tests and models
  • makes analysis of huge amounts of data more useful
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computational biology

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  • uses info from bioinformatics to make a computer model of scenarios
  • eg predicting 3D structures of proteins
  • how organisms are related to each other in terms of evolutionary terms
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genome wide comparisons

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  • currently looking for faster and cheaper means of producing whole genome sequences
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human genome project

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  • comparisons of sequences led to knowledge on DNA sequences involved in genetic diseases
  • usually complex and controlled by multiple genes and other physiological risk factors
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analysing pathogen genomes

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  • identify sources of infection
  • identify resistant strains of bacteria
  • track progress and mutations of pathogens
  • identify areas of genome that provide new drugs and vaccines against pathogens
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DNA barcoding

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  • identifies new species
  • makes it cheaper and faster by looking at the mitochondrial DNA which codes for cytochrome C oxidase and this differs in each species
  • decide if something is a new species
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