HHB 1.5 Human Genomics

Science of managing and analyzing biological data using advanced computers.

• Bioinformatics

• Genomics

• Forensics

• Human Genome Project

Study of genes and their function.

• Forensics

• Bioinformatics

• Genomics

• Human Genome Project

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a technology that combines biological science, computer science, and information technology to enable the discovery of new biological insights and unifying principles

• bioethics

• bioinformatics

• genetic engineering

• polymerase chain reaction

What is a genome?

• The complete set of genetic material present in a cell or organism
• A garden ornament 
• The sum of all human material.
• A totally unique set of genetic material not shared with anything else

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What is DNA sequencing?

• The total of genes carried by an individual or cell
• Coding genes in order to identify single nucleotide polymorphisms
• Deciphering the functions of various parts of the human genome
• The process of identifying the order of the bases in DNA

Fragments of DNA have been extracted from the remnants of extinct woolly mammoths, amplified, and sequenced. These can now be used to

• understand the evolutionary relationships among members of related species.
• appreciate the reasons why mammoths went extinct.
• study the relationships among woolly mammoths and other wool-producers.
• clone live woolly mammoths.

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a technique that places a gene into a cell to correct a hereditary disease or to improve the genome

• bioinformatics

• cloning by nuclear transfer

• single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)

• gene therapy

Which of the following terms describes the study of genomes?

• Genomics

• Bioinformatics

• Phylogenetics

• Pharmacogenetics

What is meant by the term phylogenetics?

• The use of statistics and computer technology to analyse gene sequencing data.

• The study of a persons genome to produce personalised medicine

• The comparison of the genomes of disease and non disease causing organisms

• The study of evolutionary relatedness between organisms

What is meant by the term pharmacogenetics?

• The use of statistics and computer technology to analyse gene sequencing data.

• The study of a persons genome to produce personalised medicine

• Comparing the similarities and differences in genomes between two species e.g. disease and non disease causing organisms

• The study of evolutionary relatedness between organisms

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