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What is a genome?
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It is all of the genes possessed by an individual organisms.This includes the sequence of bases in the entire DNA of an organism.
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It is the sequencing of an organism.
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It is a section of the gene possessed by an organism.
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This is all the genes possessed by all of the organisms in a similar species.
Question 2
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What are the advantages of genome sequencing?
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Shows evolutionary relationships.
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Shows the effects of mutations.
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Shows the possibility of a mutation.
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Shows the alleles for a disease.
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Shows the importance of bases in DNA.
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Shows how genes can be manipulated for human benefit.
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Helps create bio-fortified products.
Question 3
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'Micro-satellites are long sequences of DNA'.
Question 4
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'BACs stands for Bacterial Artificial Chromosomes which are man-made plasmids'.
Question 5
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Why are computer programmes used in genome sequencing?
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To compare the overlapping regions of DNA.
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To check the criminals of the world.
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To compare whether the genes can be bio-fortified.
Question 6
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What is genetic fingerprinting?
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DNA fragmentation and electrophoresis gives banding patterns unique to individuals.
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It gives the sequence of DNA.
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It obtains a particular gene and inserted into a recipient's organism.
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Comparing genes for the same proteins across a range of organisms.
Question 7
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What is recombinant DNA?
Question 8
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'Restriction enzymes restrict the DNA from transcribing mRNA'.
Question 9
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Why is DNA heated in automated sequencing?
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To break the hydrogen bonds (by denaturing them) which gives two polynucleotide chains.
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To create a number of bases that can be amplified by PCR.
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To separate the fragments for electrophoresis.
Question 10
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Why do the DNA fragments in electrophoresis move to the anode (positively charged electrode)?
Question 11
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Why is buffer solution required in electrophoresis?
Question 12
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'The longer the fragments, the quicker they move' in electrophoresis.
Question 13
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Primers bind at the complementary regions of DNA and probes bind at the start of DNA.
Question 14
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Annealing is binding of base sequences.
Question 15
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What are sticky ends?
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They are short, unpaired, exposed bases.
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They are bases that are attached to restriction enzymes.
Question 16
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The insulin comes from beta cells in the liver.
Question 17
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How is the DNA formed from the insulin gene?
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mRNA is extracted and incubated via reverse transcriptase which makes DNA using RNA.
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It is completed by conjuration of bacteria formed in fermenters.
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It is completed by the ligase enzyme.
Question 18
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Why is the ligase enzyme used to make insulin?
Question 19
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Golden rice is bio-fortified with vitamin B.
Question 20
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Where is beta carotene extracted from?
Question 21
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Xenotransplantation is the transplantation of cells, tissues or organs between animals of different species.
Question 22
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Gene therapy involves replacing a gene that are not functioning.
Question 23
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Somatic gene therapy only affects skin cells.
Question 24
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Genes are passed onto offspring in germ line gene therapy.
Question 25
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What are the ethical effects of microorganisms?
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Cross contamination of other microorganisms.
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Mutations of microorganisms which could lead to resistance.
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Produce deadly toxins that lay in our food.
Question 26
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What are the temperatures of PCR that need to be set?
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95, 55 and 72.
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75, 80 and 40.
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60, 40 and 81.
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110, 80 and 41.