Genomes and Their Evolution
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| 1200530927 | genomics | the branch of genetics that studies organisms in terms of their genomes (their full DNA sequences) | 0 | |
| 1200530928 | bioinformatics | the use of computers, software, and mathematical models to process and integrate biological information from large data sets. | 1 | |
| 1200530929 | human genome project | An international collaborative effort to map and sequence the DNA of the entire human genome. | 2 | |
| 1200530930 | linkage map | A genetic map based on the frequencies of recombination between markers during crossing over of homologous chromosomes. | 3 | |
| 1200530931 | physical map | A genetic map in which the actual physical distances between genes or other genetic markers are expressed, usually as the number of base pairs along the DNA. | 4 | |
| 1200530932 | metagenomics | DNA from a group of species is collected from an environmental sample and sequenced | 5 | |
| 1200530933 | gene annotation | The identification of protein coding genes within DNA sequences in a database | 6 | |
| 1200530934 | proteomics | the branch of genetics that studies the full set of proteins encoded by a genome | 7 | |
| 1200530935 | pseudogenes | A DNA segment very similar to a real gene but which does not yield a functional product; a gene that has become inactivated in a particular species because of mutation. | 8 | |
| 1200530936 | repetitive DNA | Nucleotide sequences, usually noncoding, that are present in many copies in a eukaryotic genome. The repeated units may be short and arranged tandemly (in series) or long and dispersed in the genome. | 9 | |
| 1200530937 | transposons | (jumping genes) short strands of DNA capable of moving from one location to another within a cell's genetic material | 10 | |
| 1200530938 | retrotransposons | Transposable elements that move within a genome by means of an RNA intermediate, a transcript of the retrotransposon DNA. | 11 | |
| 1200530939 | transposable elements | Genetic element that has the ability to move (transpose) from one site on a chromosome to another. | 12 | |
| 1200530940 | simple sequence DNA | contains many copies of tandemly repeated short sequences | 13 | |
| 1200530941 | short tandem repeats | (STR) simple sequence DNA containing multiple tandemly repeated units of two to five nucleotides. variations in STRs act as genetic markers in STR analysis, used to prepare genetic profiles | 14 | |
| 1200530942 | multi gene families | group of genes that encode related products | 15 | |
| 1200530943 | evo devo | Evolutionary developmental biology; a field of biology that compares developmental processes of different multicellular organisms to understand how these processes have evolved and how changes can modify existing organismal features or lead to new ones. | 16 | |
| 1200530944 | homeobox | one of various similar homeotic genes that are involved in bodily segmentation during embryonic development | 17 |
