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| What is the genome of an organism? |
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| An organisms entire hereditary information encoded in DNA |
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| What is the genome made up of? |
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| genes and other DNA sequences that do not code for proteins |
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| What is the prupose of genomic sequencing? |
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| to determine the sequence of nucleotides bases for genes or entire genomes. |
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| The use of computer and statistical analyses to compare sequence data. |
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| Why is it useful to analyse an individuals genome? |
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| to predict the likelihood of developing certain diseases? |
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| What is pharmacogenetics? |
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| The use of genome information in the choice of drugs |
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| What is the name given to the use of an individual’s personal genome sequence to select the most effective drugs and dosage to treat their disease? |
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