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Biology

Chapter 18 Vocabulary

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Genetic Map abstract maps that place the relative location of genes on chromosomes based on recombination frequency
Physical Map use landmarks within DNA sequences, ranging from restriction sites to the ultimate level of detail; the actual DNA sequence
Opening Reading Frame A region of DNA that encodes a sequence of amino acids with no stop codons in the reading frame
Bioinformatics computer programs to search for genes, to compare genomes, and to assemble genomes are only a few of the new genomic approaches
Pseudogenes A copy of a gene that is not transcribed
Simple Sequence Repeats A 1:3 nucleotide sequence such as CA or CCG that is repeated thousands of times.
Transposons DNA sequence capable of transposition
Functional Genomics The study of the function of genes and their products, beyond simply ascertaining gene sequence
Proteomics The study of the proteomes of organisms. This is related to functional genomics as the proteome is responsible for much of the function encoded by the genome
Transcriptome All the RNA present in a cell or tissue at a given time.
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